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Foreign Motifs in Aegean Bronze Age Religious Iconography
Series: - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 149
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How do we understand a religion without texts? Minoan and Mycenaean imagery has long been interpreted through comparisons with Egypt and the ancient Near East—but never in a comprehensive and systematic way. This book offers the first consistent analysis of such connections. By examining seals, frescoes, rings, and luxury objects, it reveals how religious ideas, divine figures, and elite identities were shaped through visual language. A large corpus of Aegean and Near Eastern material shows how motifs were related to one another and how foreign motifs were selected, adapted, and transformed. The study provides new tools for interpreting Aegean religion and offers fresh insights into intercultural exchange and the movement of images and ideas across the Bronze Age Mediterranean.
Veronika Verešová, Ph.D (2018) is a researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences. She specializes in the Aegean Bronze Age, Egyptology, and the ancient Near East, with numerous publications on Aegean iconography, intercultural connections, and ancient Egyptian material culture and archaeology.
An essential resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Aegean, Egyptian, and Near Eastern iconography, this richly illustrated volume offers an encyclopaedic survey of key motifs, their histories, and intercultural connections across the Bronze Age world.