El cerdo en el antiguo Egipto

El consumo de cerdo está prohibido por las religiones del Oriente Próximo. Árabes y judíos tienen proscrita su carne desde la antigüedad; pero ¿qué ocurría con los antiguos egipcios? Algunos egiptólogos dan por sentado que también existía la prohibición entre los súbditos de los faraones ...

Egipto

hombres, dioses, faraones

CONTENIDO: Prefacio. Un don del Nilo. Las pirámides: una de las Siete Maravillas del mundo. El faraón unifica el país. La palabra escrita perdura. La escritura. La huelga de los obreros funerarios. El arte. ¿Mujeres libres en el país del faraón?. Las alegrías del corazón ...

Egipto

Un recorrido por los tesoros del antiguo Egipto a través de espectaculares fotografís que nos muestran visiones inéditas. Fotografías extraordinarias, únicas, que nos presentan una realidad que no podríamos alcanzar a ver a simple vista.

Mesopotamia

asirios, sumerios y babilonios

El presente volumen constituye una mirada única al arte y la cultura de las civilizaciones que florecieron en la antigua "tierra entre los ríos", la región que delimitan los cursos del Tigris y el Éufrates: los sumerios, los babilonios y los asirios. Dicha zona, que ...

Old babylonian texts

in the Ashmolean museum: mainly from Larsa, Sippir, Kish and Lagaba

This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them were acquired from dealers in the 1920s and 1930s, most can be assigned to sites and connected with similar holdings in other museums ...

Mesopotamia

INDICE: Tabla cronológica. Prefacio. Pueblos. Ciudades. Imperios. Secciones especiales. Características de los yacimientos. Lista de reyes. Mapas.

Local power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia

This book focuses on certain local powers in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (ca. 2000 - 1595 B.C.), namely the chief of the city (rabianum), the elders, the "city," and the assembly. This is a novel approach to Old Babylonian history that allows us to understand the ...

City government in hellenistic and roman Asia minor

City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor examines the social and administrative transformation of Greek society within the early Roman empire, assessing the extent to which the numerous changes in Greek cities during the imperial period ought to be attributed to Roman influence. The ...

Diccionario médico-biológico (histórico y etimológico) de helenismos

Se trata de un diccionario dedicado especialmente a los helenismos médicos y biológicos y los estudia desde un punto de vista histórico y etimológico. No pretende, en su actual fase de elaboración, recoger sistemáticamente todos los helenismos, de la medicina o biología, pero acumula un ...

Duermes y me olvidas

viaje al interior de La Ilíada

Este viaje se había hecho imprescindible. Había que volver a La Ilíada, al corazón del gran mito redentor creado por Homero, para que las viejas raíces familiares nutran de nuevo la cultura occidental de nuestros días, que duerme y olvida. Carlos Garrido ha emprendido este ...

The Greek wars

the failure of Persia

The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as ...

Hippocrates on ancient medicine

The Hippocratic treatise On Ancient Medicine, a key text in the history of early Greek thought, mounts a highly coherent attack on the attempt to base medical practice on principles drawn from natural philosophy. This volume presents an up-to-date Greek text of On Ancient Medicine ...

Athenian democratic origins

and other essays

In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources ...

Women, crime, and punishment in Ancient Law and society

.Vol.2: Ancient Greece

Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civilizations. Throughout history women have been affected by crime both as victims and as offenders. Yet, in the ancient world, customary ...

Historia antigua de Grecia y Roma

El presente manual de Historia Antigua de Grecia y Roma responde exclusivamente a un objetivo, a saber, eí de cubrir la necesidad de facilitar a los alumnos de primer curso de Facultades de Historia un texto riguroso y asequible, que les permita adaptarse a las ...

A companion to the hellenistic world

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Drawing on the very latest research, a ...

Homo Necans

rites sacrificiels el mythes de la Grèce ancienne

Walter Burkert a publié en 1972 Homo Necans. Intetpretationen altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen. Ce livre a connu un succès considérable, et a été traduit dans de nombreuses langues, assurant à son auteur sa réputation internationale de spécialiste des mythes et des rites grecs. Mais alors ...

A history of the classical Greek world

478-323 BC

This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. The author describes the years which witnessed the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the establishment ...

The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek Law

This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international ...

Greek political thought

While ancient Greek thought is widely acknowledged as the major source of political ideals such as freedom and equality, ancient Greek practices including slavery, the subordination of women, and imperialism have been condemned as undemocratic and immoral. So is ancient Greek political thought still relevant ...