Imagining Babylon: The Modern Story Of An Ancient City (Studies In Ancient Near Eastern Records Saner) (Studies In Ancient Near Eastern Records Saner, 11)

Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the Ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the "real Babylon," known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city.

• | Author: Mario Liverani
• | Publisher: De Gruyter
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 508 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1614516022
• | ISBN-13: 9781614516026