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(Paperback)

By: Julian Reade

ISBN: 9780714121413
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 1999
Publisher: British Museum Press
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This book describes how the Assyrian sculptures were found and what they meant to those who created them. It is both a richly illustrated history of Assyrian sculptures in general and a guide to the outstanding collections of the British Museum.


(Paperback, Second edition)

By: Julian Reade

ISBN: 9780714121819
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2000
Publisher: British Museum Press
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Using the evidence of archaeology and ancient texts, the author of this text explores the history of Ancient Mesopotamia from pre-historic times to the rise of Babylon before 1500 BC.


(Paperback, Second edition)

By: John Curtis

ISBN: 9780714121802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2000
Publisher: British Museum Press
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In this 2nd revised edition, the author traces the history, archaeology and art from the growth of settled communities around 6000 BC to the beginning of the Islamic period in the seventh century AD.


(Paperback)

By: Ian Stead

ISBN: 9780714121178
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1997
Publisher: British Museum Press
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An introduction to the various forms of abstract decoration used by the Celts, asking whether they had a symbolic meaning now lost, or whether they were simple adornment. It examines the craftsmen's techniques, follows the development of patterns and describes a number of surviving masterpieces.