Heaven on Earth

Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World

edited by Deena Ragavan

Book cover: Heaven on Earth

Extent: 463 pages

Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Oriental Institute Seminars

Series volume number: 9, 9

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2013)

ISBN: 9781885923967

Price: $12.95

In stock

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 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.

  • Edited by Deena Ragavan