Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Mesopotamia after "Mesopotamia" - ...civilization ended neither with the Babylonian nor with the Persian Empire. Follow Alexander's victory over Persia's troops in 331 BC, Mesopotamia became part of the greek world. The oil boom of the twentieth century turned Iraq into one of the most prosperous nations of the Arab world, with a high standard of living, excellent medical facilities, and a comprehensive education system. Learn more about Mesopotamia inventing our world by Clemens Reichel.

Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World

History

Reichel, Clemens

Ancient Civilizations

Bir Umm Fawakhir is a fifth-sixth century AD Coptic/Byzantine gold-mining town located in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt. The Bir Umm Fawakhir Project of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago carried out four seasons of archaeological survey at the site, in 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1997; one season of excavation in 1999; and one study season in 2001. This volume is the final report on the 1996 and 1997 seasons. The goals of the 1996 and 1997 field seasons were to complete the detailed map of the main settlement, to continue the investigation of the outlying clusters of ruins or "Outliers" and to address some specific questions such as the ancient gold-extraction process. The completion of these goals makes the main settlement at Bir Umm Fawakhir one of the only completely mapped towns of the period in Egypt. Not only is the main settlement plotted room for room and door for door but also features such as guardposts, cemeteries, paths, roads, wells, outlying clusters of ruins and mines are known and some of these are features not always readily detectable archaeologically. This volume presents the pre-Coptic material; a detailed discussion of the remains in the main settlement, outliers and cemeteries; the Coptic/Byzantine pottery, small finds and dipinti; as well as a study of ancient mining techniques.

Bir Umm Fawakhir, Volume 2: Report on the 1996-1997 Survey Seasons (Oriental Institute Communications)

Meyer, Carol

Heidorn, Lisa A.

Reichel, Clemens D.

Heidorn, Lisa

O'Brien, Alexandra A.

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

<p>How can we transform urban environments to encourage durability and mediate the social price of myriad risks and vulnerability? Our work here is to build a bridge from archaeology to mainstream architectural and design theory. The study of places, landscapes, and regions links the two fields. Architecture can be shaped and enhanced by the long-term cultural and geographic perspective afforded by archaeology; architecture can offer archaeology a ride into the future. We hope that our efforts are novel enough to be inspiring and connected enough to allow existing concepts to be furthered. The bridge unites three domains: material, social, and aesthetic. We look to the past to find material technologies—new engineering and conceptual solutions to an array of problems—and the past obliges with many examples.</p>

If the Past Teaches, What Does the Future Learn? Ancient Urban Regions and the Durable Future

Arts & Photography

Scarborough, Vernon L.

Murphy, John T.

Hritz, Carrie

Lucero, Lisa J.

Meunier, John

Nijhuis, Steffen

Ostovar, Payam

Sulas, Federica

Architecture

Tu Delft

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