From Temple to Museum: Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley 1351356097, 9781351356091

From Temple to Museum: Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley [1 ed.] 9781138202498

Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than

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From Lineage to State: Social Formations of the Mid-First Millenium BC in the Ganga Valley [New Ed] 9780195626759

This is an attempt to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and in the seminal area

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Greek Papyri in the Benaki Museum: From the Collections of the Historical Archives

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Between Statues and Icons: Iconic Persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages 350679082X, 9783506790828, 9783657790821

This book argues that Romans credited certain living persons with the capacity to function as cult statues, that is, as

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Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in “Unloved” Museum Collections 9781641890564

Millions of items are held in museum collections around the world but many museums have very few visitors to their store

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Colonial Objects in Early Modern Sweden and Beyond: From the Kunstkammer to the Current Museum Crisis 9789048554942

An elaborately crafted and decorated tomahawk from somewhere along the north American east coast: how did it end up in t

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Stamp Seals from the Collections of the Aleppo Museum, Syrian Arab Republic 9781841710174, 9781407351339

A detailed catalogue of 417 seals belonging to the Tablets & Cylinder Seals Collection in the Near Eastern Departmen

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Multiple Modernities, 1905-1970 : from the Collections of the National Museum of Modern Art 9782844266538, 2844266533

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Oct. 23, 2013-Jan. 26, 2015. "Multiple Modernities pos

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The Culture of the Babylonians: From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512817539

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of

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Buddhism and Gandhara: An Archaeology of Museum Collections 9781138896819, 9781351252768

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