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Maiolica in the North: The Archaeology of Tin-Glazed Earthenware in North-West Europe, c. 1500–1600
This volume is taken from the first international colloquium on the subject of maiolica in sixteenth century England and the Low Countries, held in March 1997. The aim of this volume is to make available for the first time, the latest research in this rapidly developing field of study. These...Gaimster, David
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A Piece of Shenoutiana from the Dept of Egyptian Antiquities (EA 71005)
This text, published with translation and commentary, is a work attributed to Shenoute, the 4th-5th century abbot of the White Monastery in Upper Egypt.Behlmer, Heike ; Alcock, Anthony
Egyptology and papyrology
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Cleopatra Reassessed
This volume presents the work of a lively international symposium accompanying the special exhibition Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, held at the British Museum in 2001. The book is divided in four sections: Cleopatra and Egypt; Cleopatra and the Hellenistic Greek Tradition: Cleopatra and Rome; Cleopatra Abroad. Nineteen...Walker, Susan ; Ashton, Sally-Ann
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Repurposing Ritual. Pap. Berlin P. 10480-82: A Case Study from Middle Kingdom Asyut
Repurposing Ritual is the editio princeps of a group of papyrus fragments from ancient Asyut in Middle Egypt currently kept in the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in Berlin. The papyri are significant for the study of ancient Egyptian religious and funerary culture because they contain in a neat hieratic handwriting...Regulski, Ilona
Egyptology, text transmission, mortuary ritual, and written culture
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The Greeks in the East
Eight authoritative essays explore the changing relationships between the Greeks and their Eastern neighbours from the Bronze Age to the Classical period, examining archaeological evidence in the shape of pottery, wall-painting, sculpture, architecture, jewellery, seals, and inscriptions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including trade, settlements, and cultural...Villing, Alexandra
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Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum
Bucchero is the most distinctive class of ceramic produced in Etruria, Italy, between the 7th and the 5th centuries BC. This publication aims to provide a complete up-to-date listing and description of the collection of bucchero in the British Museum; a collection that consists of over three hundred items including...Perkins, Philip
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Novgorod: The Archaeology of a Russian Medieval City and its Hinterland
The papers cover the results of a programme of collaboration between Russian and western European researchers on the archaeology of the medieval Russian city and Hanseatic trading post of Novgorod. In addition to its size, it is famous for the unique preservation of organic and inorganic materials, including streets and...Gaimster, David ; Brisbane, Mark
trade, Russian history, and archaeology
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The Torajan Ricebarn
A study of the Torajan ricebarn, a traditional Indonesian structure where the rice crop is stored, and where the main social life of the village takes place. This paper was stimulated by the construction of a ricebarn for the Museum of Mankind at the British Museum in 1987.Barley, Nigel ; Sandaruppa, Stanislaus
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Faccombe Netherton: Excavations of a Saxon and Medieval Manorial Complex
An account of the 1907-1979 excavations of a Saxon and Medieval Manor complex in northwest Hampshire.Fairbrother, J.R.