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Heaven on earth. Temples, ritual, and cosmic symbolism in the ancient world. Papers from the Oriental Institute Seminar Heaven on Earth, held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2-3 March 2012.

Series: OIS 9

Item #M12961

Oriental Institute Seminars 9. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 2013. First edition. In-8, viii & 463 pages. Original softcover, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: Heaven on Earth: temples, ritual, and cosmic symbolism in the ancient world / Deena Ragavan -- Naturalizing Buddhist cosmology in the temple architecture of China : the case of the Yicihui Pillar / Tracy Miller -- Hints at temple topography and cosmic geography from Hittite sources / Susanne Görke -- Images of the cosmos : sacred and ritual space in Jaina temple architecture in India / Julia A. B. Hegewald -- The classic Maya temple : centrality, cosmology, and sacred geography in ancient Mesoamerica / Karl Taube -- Seeds and mountains : the cosmogony of temples in south Asia / Michael W. Meister -- Intrinsic and constructed sacred space in Hittite Anatolia / Gary Beckman -- On the rocks : Greek mountains and sacred conversations / Betsey A. Robinson -- Entering other worlds : gates, rituals, and cosmic journeys in Sumerian sources / Deena Ragavan -- "We are going to the house in prayer" : theology, cultic topography, and cosmology in the Emesal prayers of ancient Mesopotamia / Uri Gaggay -- Temporary ritual structures and their cosmological symbolism in ancient Mesopotamia / Claus Ambos -- Sacred space and ritual practice at the end of prehistory in the southern Levant / Yorke M. Rowan -- Egyptian temple graffiti and the gods : appropriation and ritualization in Karnak and Luxor / Elizabeth Frood -- The transformation of sacred space, topography, and royal ritual in Persia and the ancient Iranian world / Matthew P. Canepa -- The cattlepen and the sheepfold : cities, temples, and pastoral power in ancient Mesopotamia / Ömür Harmansah -- Sources of Egyptian temple cosmology : divine image, king, and ritual performer / John Baines -- Mirror and memory : images of ritual actions in Greek temple decoration / Clemente Marconi -- Temples of the depths, pillars of the heights, gates in between / Davíd Carrasco -- Cosmos and discipline / Richard Neer. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Fehstschriften and Proceedings, Religion & Magic, Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia.

Language: English.

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See books written by or associated to: BAINES John Robert, DAVID Ann Rosalie, VAN SICLEN (III) Charles