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This volume offers detailed insights into both familiar and overlooked aspects of how humans engage with sanctity and the divine in various cultures of Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and Beyond. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific theme—whether a region or phenomenon—from Prehistoric times to the Modern era, exposing readers to a whirlwind of impressions presented by individuals who have studied or been captivated by particular subjects. Framing the individual case studies are broader presentations by the editors, who highlight key issues with the aim of reviving a multidisciplinary dialogue and encouraging reader participation.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction: "Grounded Sanctity, yet Still in Motion" in the Context of the Discussion about Sacred Places in Antiquity
Krzysztof Ulanowski
Keynote: Sacred Places, Holy Spaces
David A. Warburton
Part1 The Mesopotamian World
1 Travelling the Mesopotamian Spaceways: Time and Space and an Ancient City
Piotr Michałowski
2 Continuity and Change of a Sacred Space: The Evidence of Two Burials from the Old Akkadian Ekur
Bernhard Schneider
3 How to Destroy Sacredness? Some Insights from Sumerian Cuneiform Texts
Noah Kröll and Sebastian Fink
4 The "Juniper Garden": from a Setting of Divine Love to a Political Arena
Rocío Da Riva
5 Can Accounting Be Sacred? The Case of First-Millennium Babylonian Temple
Michael Kozuh
Part2 The Mediterranean World and Beyond
6 Some Notes on Prehistoric Sacred Places/Temples of Malta and Ancient Near Eastern Sanctuaries (IX-Mid IV Millennia BC)
Vladimir Sazonov
7 Agalma and "Hierai Hodoi" in Samos and Didyma
Sławomir M. Bobola
8 Sacred Landscape of the Muses
Tomasz Mojsik
9 The Raven as a Sacred Bird of Odin and Apollo: A Comparative Approach to the Near Eastern, Greek and Viking Ornithomancy and Cleromancy
Krzysztof Ulanowski
10 Basque Sacred Places in the Past and at Present: Cultural Change and Memory
Katarzyna Mirgos
Postface: Synthesis
David A. Warburton
Index
