Lost world of the golden king : in search of ancient Afghanistan /
Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, Frank L. Holt sets out to rediscover the ancient civilization of Bactria. In a gripping narrative i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2012]
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Colección: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
53. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : a lost civilization
- The adventure begins : checklist numismatics
- A dangerous game : framework numismatics
- The gold colossus : novelty numismatics
- Telling tales : narrative numismatics
- Wanted, one Greek city : archaeology
- Letters here and there : epigraphy
- A perfect storm : rescue and revisionist numismatics
- A new beginning : cognitive numismatics I
- Coins and the collapse of civilization : cognitive numismatics II
- Conclusion : the lost world of the golden king.