Keyword: animals

Thinking, Speaking and Representing Animals in Western Asia

ed. Laura Battini

This volume explores human relationships with animals in the ancient Near East, examining birds, reptiles, mongooses, lions, deer and dogs through archaeology, iconography and textual study. Spanning the 3rd millennium BC to Late Antiquity, it reveals the cultural, symbolic and political roles of animals across Western Asia. READ MORE

Hardback: £55.00

Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 9 1-2 2025

ed. Laura Battini

Ash-sharq Vol. 9 Nos. 1–2 (2025) combines both 2025 issues in one print volume, presenting interdisciplinary studies on Near Eastern archaeology, art, and society from prehistory to the Ottoman era, including funerary practices, material analyses, iconography, long-term surveys, and memoryscapes.

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Paperback: £72.00 | eBook: £10.00

Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East No 8 1-2, 2024

ed. Laura Battini

Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East. READ MORE

Paperback: £72.00 | eBook: £10.00

Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom

Angelo Colonna

This study presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian ‘animal worship’ from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00

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