Recent discoveries in Macedonia as well as in Alexandria allow us to obtain a better idea of the aims, practices and rites conditioning cremation in the Greek world at the end of the Classical and the beginning of the Hellenistic period. At the Macedonian court the choice of cremation can be explained by the desire to follow the epic tradition of funerals proper to heroes, a model which was resumed by Alexander at Hephaistion’s death. Excavations in Macedonia supply information about pyres in funerals, royal or not, and about their place in the tombs. Excavations in the necropoleis of Alexandria complete this information and permit us to recover the act of removal of the bone remains in full respect of the dead body. The decoration and the ...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through ...
This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through ...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
Extreme variability both in space and in time is the only constant feature of the burial customs in ...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through ...
This research aims to study the practice of cremation in Alexandria and Graeco-Roman Egypt, through ...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
Extreme variability both in space and in time is the only constant feature of the burial customs in ...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
In the geopolitical chessboard of the Aegean Sea, Macedonian power emerged and developed thanks to t...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...
International audienceThe necropoleis of Amathus were occupied from the Geometric period until the R...
Publication de thèse de doctorat (Histoire et Archéologie des mondes anciens, Paris X)International ...