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Eine radikal neue Darstellung, wie die Idee von der »westlichen Zivilisation« unsere Geschichte geformt hat

Washington, Library of Congress. Mehr als ein Dutzend ehrwürdige Männer schauen von oben auf Naoíse Mac Sweeney herab - Moses, Homer und Herodot, Kolumbus, Michelangelo und Beethoven ... Zusammen sechzehn Bronzebüsten, die die Entstehung der "westlichen Zivilisation«  repräsentieren sollen.

Doch wo in dieser Erzählung, denkt sich die Historikerin und Archäologin, findet sie als Frau mit Einwanderungsgeschichte ihren Platz?

Deshalb fasst...

As one of the earliest and most intensively excavated sites of the pre-Classical period in Anatolia and the Aegean, Troy is of major archaeological and historical significance. But it is also of wider cultural significance, beyond the confines of archaeology and ancient history. Stories of the Trojan War and abstract metaphors relating to Troy abound in the present day, as they have since antiquity. From movies to computer viruses, from condom branding to reggae records, Troy is a word to conjure with.

This book explores the significance of Troy in three areas: the archaeological,...

As one of the earliest and most intensively excavated sites of the pre-Classical period in Anatolia and the Aegean, Troy is of major archaeological and historical significance. But it is also of wider cultural significance, beyond the confines of archaeology and ancient history. Stories of the Trojan War and abstract metaphors relating to Troy abound in the present day, as they have since antiquity. From movies to computer viruses, from condom branding to reggae records, Troy is a word to conjure with.

This book explores the significance of Troy in three areas: the archaeological,...