Ancient Ivory : Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire

Name: Ancient Ivory
Brand: Thames & Hudson Ltd
SKU: 9780500051917
Price: 7200 KES
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ISBN: 9780500051917

by Georgina Herrmann

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0500051917

ISBN-13 9780500051917

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd

Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 20th, 2017

Print length 208 Pages

Weight 1,334 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 28.90 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Archaeology by period / region Archaeology by period / region

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An informative and beautifully produced guide to the Nimrud Ivories, one of the world’s most spectacular collections of ancient ivory, now largely lost as a result of conflict in the Middle East.

Elephant ivory is a tactile, beautiful, and workable material. It can be made into many different forms and is the strongest material in the animal kingdom. It has been highly prized from the Paleolithic to the present day, and the impact on elephants has been severe?indeed, the Syrian elephant was hunted to extinction. Long ago, during the early first millennium bce??The Age of Ivory??literally thousands of carved ivories found their way to the Assyrian capital city of Kalhu, or modern Nimrud, in northern Iraq. The majority were not made there but arrived as gifts, tributes, or booty gathered by the Assyrian kings from the small neighboring states of the ancient Middle Eastern world, with the ivory itself probably sourced from the African elephant.Ancient Ivory

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