Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781885923967)

The volume is the result of the eighth Annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar, held on March 2-3, 2012. Seventeen speakers, from both the US and abroad, examined the interconnections between temples, ritual, and cosmology from a variety of regional specializations and theoretical perspectives. The seminar revisited a classic topic, one with a long history among scholars of the ancient world: the cosmic symbolism of sacred architecture. Archaeologists, art historians, and philologists working not only in the ancient Near East, but also Mesoamerica, Greece, South Asia, and China, re-evaluated the significance of this topic across the ancient world.

Author: Deena Ragavan
ISBN-10: 1885923961
ISBN-13: 9781885923967
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2013
Pages: 463
Format: Paperback