Antonio Di Vita, Ginette Divita-Evrard, Lidiano Bacchielli
Editura:
Konemann
ISBN:
3895088447
Preţ magazin :
110 RON
Carte în limba:
engleză
Descriere:
The aim of this book is to bring to life a group of Greco-Roman cities long lost under the desert sands of North Africa. Situated on the Mediterranean coast in what is now Libya, these wealthy, elegant, and powerful cities, were the main urban centres of two neighboring during the Roman empire: Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Clinging to a thin strip of fertile land between the desert and the sea, the cities came to see themselves as "Rome in Africa", and through close contact with the civilizations of ancient Greece, Carthage, and Egypt, they created a unique culture. Only Tripoli (ancient Oea) has been continually inhabited: the other cities, devastated by earthquakes and fatally weakened by the fall of the Roman empire, were abandoned to the encroaching sands. Major archeological research has now been underway for decadas and continues today: there is still much to unearth. The discoveries at these sites offer a unique and fascinating view of both Africa and Greco-Roman world: entire cities of marble and white sandstone, with theaters and public baths, temples, fine houses decorated with frescoes and mosaics, shops and workshops, streets lined with porticoes to provide shede from the intense African sun... all painstakingly restored and documented.
The main cities visited are Lepcis, Cyrene, Sabratha, Apollonia, and Ptolemais.
Format:
12.6" x 10.9", 256 pp., hardback
Anul apariţiei:
1999
fond special / librărie / colecţie particulară / anticariat /
