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ISBN: 9780190614935
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ISBN
9780190614935 (10-digit ISBN: 0190614935)
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- Series Description
- Offers a lively first-hand account of how artworks and historical pieces are actually handled by everyone from archaeologists to looters to museums
- Divided into three comprehensive sections that, together, equip readers with what they need for an informed encounter with ancient heritage within and outside museums
- Provides critical context for current events, such as ISIS' destruction of Palmyra, and hot-topic issues such as repatriation, looting, and forgeries
- Written in a highly readable Q&A format as part of the popular What Everyone Needs to Know® series
The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the past date back at least to the mid-1300s BCE, during the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the past date back at least to the mid-1300s BCE, during the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty.
- Offers a lively first-hand account of how artworks and historical pieces are actually handled by everyone from archaeologists to looters to museums
- Divided into three comprehensive sections that, together, equip readers with what they need for an informed encounter with ancient heritage within and outside museums
- Provides critical context for current events, such as ISIS' destruction of Palmyra, and hot-topic issues such as repatriation, looting, and forgeries
- Written in a highly readable Q&A format as part of the popular What Everyone Needs to Know® series
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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