Sacred Space in the Ancient Near East

The focus of this article is to demonstrate how sacred space in the ancient Near East manifested itself, that is, how it was chosen and used; how it was differentiated from profane areas; and how viable it was for adaptation to socio-political and socio-religious changes. Due to the massive amount of available data on sacral places from ancient Anatolia, Egypt, Iran, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine only selected examples of temples and/or sanctuaries are discussed in general, sparing the reader their detailed descriptions but setting them up within an appropriate cultural context

Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Mesopotamia · Middle East · Palestine · Political science · Politics · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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