From the Romans to the Railways The Fate of Antiquities in Asia Minor |
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| Author:
| Greenhalgh, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-25261-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $331.50 |
Book Description:
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Traces the fate of antiquities and technologies in Asia Minor, their degradation, and re-use, including the eventual export of treasures to competing Western museums, using technologies re-imported from the West - roads, railways, shipping - into a modernising Ottoman Empire.
Traces the fate of antiquities and technologies in Asia Minor, their degradation, and re-use, including the eventual export of treasures to competing Western museums, using technologies re-imported from the West - roads, railways, shipping - into a modernising Ottoman Empire.