Akkadica
Assyriological Center
Georges Dossin
Georges Dossin
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Akkadica Assyriological Center
Georges Dossin |
Conspectus Librorum - Book Review:
This admirably well-edited publication bundles several articles representing a decade of archaeological achievements in Lebanon, in essence capita selecta from the Friends of the Beirut National Museum's journal Archaeology and History of Lebanon - AHL (formerly National Museum News- NMN). Except for the recent finds and findings in downtown Beirut, A Decade… covers most of Lebanon's ancient sites including Tyre (p.16-57), Rachidieh (p.58-99), Sidon (p.100-223), Chhîm-Marjiyat (p.224-245), Beirut (p.246-313), Byblos (p.314-359), Yanouh (p.360-385), Tripoli (p.386-391), Tell 'Arqa (p.392-407), Qadiqha (p.408-423) Hourriye (p.424-447), Baalbek (p.548-559) and Kamid el-Loz (p.560-581). Each of these key-sites is invariably presented by leading historians and archaeologists whose articles have been updated and illustrated by colour photographs. Still a prominent icon in today's Lebanon, the book renders a tribute to the national symbol in reproducing several contributions on the Lebanese cedars, selected from the NMN and AHL's last ten years: Gilgamesh and the cedars of Lebanon (p.450-455); La frise du transport du bois, décor du palais de Sargon II à Khorsabad (p.456-463); Les textes relatifs au cèdre dans l'Antiquité (p.464-471); Cedrus Libani under the microscope. The anatomy of modern and ancient cedar of Lebanon wood (p.472-479); Les inscriptions forestières d'Hadrien: mise au point et nouvelles découvertes (p.480-501); The Bsharré cedars of Lebanon as seen by travellers (502-513); De Tripoli aux cèdres avec quelques voyageurs d'autrefois (p.514-533); The First Scientific Mission in 1860 to the cedars of Mount Lebanon (p.534-547). A general index concludes this publication (p.582-591), which is not only an absolute must for academic libraries, but also destined to become a "must have" in broader educated circles. Vanessa Boschloos Vrije Universiteit Brussel |