| Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective After Two Millennia Contributor(s): Raban, Avner (Editor), Holum, Kenneth G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004103783 ISBN-13: 9789004103788 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $594.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 Annotation: This deluxe volume contains 40 papers from an international symposium - held on January 3-11, 1995 - on Caesarea Maritima, a celebrated Jewish, Roman, and Early Christian city. Climaxing a major excavation campaign in 1992-95, the book treats the city's archaeology, history, and culture comprehensively, from urban development and economy to epigraphy, sculpture, and ceramics. Papers on Caesarea and religious thought discuss Origen, Eusebius, rabbinic literature, Jewish and Christian academies, and the famous library. Spectacular discoveries, some published here for the first time, include Herod's amphitheater and royal palace, later headquarters of Pontius Pilate and other governors; Roman and Byzantine baths; the Temple to Roma and Augustus; and notably the artificial harbor Sebastos, explored under water, a monument of ancient technology and engineering. Included are fold-out site maps and color aerial photographs showing the latest excavations and the entire site. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 933 |
| LCCN: 96017561 |
| Series: Documenta Et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui |
| Physical Information: 1.47" H x 8.98" W x 11.53" (5.43 lbs) 694 pages |
