Imagining Babylon: The Modern Story of an Ancient City, 1st Edition

Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the Ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the “real Babylon,” known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city.Imagining Babylon: The Modern Story of an Ancient City 1st Edition is written by Mario Liverani and published by De Gruyter. ISBNs for Imagining Babylon are 9781614519584, 1614519587 and the print ISBNs are 9781614516026, 1614516022. Additional ISBNs include 9781614514589.