The Ancient Throne

The Mediterranean, Near East, and Beyond, from the 3rd Millenium BCE to the 14th Century CE

edited by Liat Naeh and Dana Brostowsky Gilboa

Book cover: The Ancient Throne

Extent: 215 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Oriental and European Archaeology

Series volume number: 14

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2020)

ISBN: 9783700185567

Price: $132.00

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The volume features studies focusing on specific thrones known from historical texts, artistic depictions or excavations, or that offer an overview of the role of thrones from as early as ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE to as late as Iran and China in the 14th century CE. Its diverse articles all present thrones as a meaningful category of material culture, one that may inspire both inter-cultural and intra-cultural insights on how types of chairs may embody or induce notions of kingship and a range of concepts pertaining to the religious, ideological, and social spheres.

  • Edited by Dana Brostowsky Gilboa
  • Edited by Liat Naeh