Mari en Syrie: Renaissance d'une cité au IIIe Millénaire. Antiquité A true encyclopedia of color

A true encyclopedia of color and also a history of its use in painting

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with the most diverse collections composed of objects from all continents

amulets and scarabs are thus presented with rigor and pedagogy throughout the pages of this book

Mari en Syrie: Renaissance d'une cité au IIIe Millénaire. Antiquité A true encyclopedia of colorDestroyed by Hammurabi in 1759 BC, then rediscovered by the archaeologist and future director of the Louvre Andr Parrot, during the winter of 1933 1934, and finally caught up in the turmoil of the Syrian conflict since 2011, the city of Mari has an exceptional archaeological significance due to the testimonies of the past that it has delivered for the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. This work focuses on a specific period of its