Course Details
Country:
Malta
Institution:
University of Malta
Course Title:
Phoenician and Punic Archaeology
Course Number:
ARC2013
Course Description:
The Phoenicians have long been the subject of intense interest and debate. They appear on the scene of history when writing was available, but despite inventing the alphabet, virtually no histories or literature of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians survive in their original form. What is known about them in written sources comes from others, chiefly their enemies. This series of lectures is intended to provide knowledge of Phoenician and Punic history from material remains, including inscriptions. The lectures are progressive and sequential and are built around themes examined diachronically in order to bring out the unique flavour of each Phoenician region outside the homeland over the course of the first millennium BC. The social settings of pots and sites are examined; the ideological significance of monuments explored, and processes of cultural change charted. A comparative methodology will be adopted in order to understand the larger cultural regularities.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Course URL:
https://www.um.edu.mt/courses/studyunit/ARC2013
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