The Lower City Palace was built during a massive urban reorganisation of Qatna that likely started some time before the mid-2nd millennium with the erection of the Royal Palace on the northern part of the acropolis. The presence of three different monumental buildings, in use at the same time and clearly with public functions (among others), suggests that in Qatna at the beginning of the LBA a decentralised palace model prevailed and that ceremonial, political, administrative, residential, and production activities, instead of being concentrated in a single large palace, were distributed among several
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
The organization of urban space in the Syro-Mesopotamian world during the third millennium BC clearl...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation tha...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation tha...
Although Qatna has been the object of systematic archaeological investigations since 1999 (leaving a...
The ancient site of Qatna was one of the most powerful Syrian urban sites during the 2nd millennium ...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation t...
This thesis investigates the morphology and the purpose of palaces in major and minor kingdoms of th...
Archaeological excavations and surveys conducted at the site of Mishrifeh and its hinterland between...
In order to understand the role of a city as Qatna, placed at the centre of a supra-regional exchang...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
During the Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1300 BC) in what is now northern Syria, dramatic changes occurred in...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
The organization of urban space in the Syro-Mesopotamian world during the third millennium BC clearl...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation tha...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation tha...
Although Qatna has been the object of systematic archaeological investigations since 1999 (leaving a...
The ancient site of Qatna was one of the most powerful Syrian urban sites during the 2nd millennium ...
Palaces, in many respects, represent the main outcome of the great socio-economic transformation t...
This thesis investigates the morphology and the purpose of palaces in major and minor kingdoms of th...
Archaeological excavations and surveys conducted at the site of Mishrifeh and its hinterland between...
In order to understand the role of a city as Qatna, placed at the centre of a supra-regional exchang...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
During the Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1300 BC) in what is now northern Syria, dramatic changes occurred in...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
International audienceSince the mid-nineteenth century, the outstanding remains of Syrian ancient dw...
The organization of urban space in the Syro-Mesopotamian world during the third millennium BC clearl...