New publication: D. Barbu, Ph. Borgeaud, Y. Volokhine (eds), Mondes clos. Cultures et jardins

New publication on the topic of gardens and their religious and symbolical significance. In addition to its intriguing comparative approach to the topic of the cultural significance of gardens in several different historical contexts, this book will prove particularly useful for scholars dealing with the construction of monarchic power in the Hellenistic period, at the crossreads between the political semantics of space-making, religion, and the symbolical construction of hierarchy through th..