American Journal of Archaeology

107.2

Reading Babylon

Marc Van de Mieroop

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Model of the Ishtar gate and processional way

A combined investigation of the archaeological remains and the ancient testimonies of the city of Babylon in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar, during the sixth century B.C., allows us to read the city\'s multiple ideological messages. The concern of the article is not with the identification of specific monuments, but with the ideological notions that the monuments conveyed to the ancient viewer. This issue is examined on various levels, from the city in its entirety to the ephemeral appearances of monuments during religious processions.

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Volume 107 No. 2
April 2003

Articles

A Reconsideration of the Northeastern Building at Pylos: Evidence for a Mycenaean Redistributive Center
L.M. Bendall

The Location of Alashiya: New Evidence from Petrographic Investigation of Alashiyan Tablets from El-Amarna and Ugarit
Yuval Goren, Shlomo Bunimovitz, Israel Finkelstein, and Nadav N\'aman

Field Report

The Sanctuary of the Divine Palikoi (Rocchicella de Mineo, Sicily): Fieldwork from 1995 to 2001
Laura Maniscalco and Brian E. McConnell

AIA Awards

2003 AIA Awards

Book Reviews

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