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The Vatican Necropoles: Rome's City of the Dead (Ancient History & Archaeology (Outside a Series)) - Hardcover

Liverani, P.; Spinola, G.; Zander, P.

 
9782503535784: The Vatican Necropoles: Rome's City of the Dead (Ancient History & Archaeology (Outside a Series))
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 250353578X ISBN 13: 9782503535784
Verlag: BREPOLS PUBL, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This is the first published summary of the entire complex of the great necropoles of Rome, which were situated on Vatican Hill. The work concerns one of the most extensive, richest, and least-known Roman archaeological phenomena and bears witness to the work of creating an underground museum that has been followed internationally as a model of conservation practice. From the submerged world of the necropoles emerges the funeral 'normality' of the Roman world, from poorer cremations in wooden urns, to sumptuous sarcophagi, to sepulchres adorned with frescoes and mosaics. One can also observe Egyptian cults influencing the practice of epicurean philosophy. In addition, we can catch a glimpse of the first traces of Christianity, which include the presence of St. Peter the Apostle's tomb.

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Verlag
BREPOLS PUBL
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
250353578X
ISBN 13 
9782503535784
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
350
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