This paper presents the preliminary results of a study on the impact of ancient mega-sites on Central Iraq, focusing on the area of Al-Mada’in, one of the largest and most important complexes of ancient settlements in the world, as also witnessed by Greco-Roman, Chinese, Syriac, Middle-Persian and Arab sources.

Mega-Sites’ Impact on Central Mesopotamia. Archaeological and Multi-Temporal Cartographic Study of the Al-Mada’in Area

Lippolis, Carlo;MESSINA, Vito
2016-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of a study on the impact of ancient mega-sites on Central Iraq, focusing on the area of Al-Mada’in, one of the largest and most important complexes of ancient settlements in the world, as also witnessed by Greco-Roman, Chinese, Syriac, Middle-Persian and Arab sources.
2016
9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Basel
June 9-13, 2014
Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
Harrassowitz Verlag
3
251
263
978-3-447-10615-3
https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_1575.ahtml
Ctesiphon, Seleucia, Mega sites, Central Mesopotamia
Bonfanti, Cristina, Chiabrando, Filiberto, Lippolis, Carlo, Messina, Vito
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