Browsing by Author "Dixon, Helen"
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7th Century Byzantine Leadership: Reevaluating Recent Scholarship on Heraclius
Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill James (East Carolina University, 2023-07-25)This thesis examines the Roman emperor Heraclius, who rules Byzantine Rome from 610 -641CE. It will look at the military, political, and religious decisions that Heraclius made during his civil war with the usurper Phokas ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Mortuary and Domestic Artifacts from Petra’s North Ridge
Pink, Mcclean M (East Carolina University, 2023-08-03)Interpreting the use of material culture in mortuary contexts provides an intimate view of the social identity of both the deceased and the mourners in ancient societies. However, the material remains of mortuary practices ... -
Reexamining Nebuchadnezzar II’s ‘Thirteen-Year’ Siege of Tyre in Phoenician Historiography
Dixon, Helen (2022-12-01)This study reexamines a lynchpin of Neo-Babylonian Levantine Phoenician historiography: Nebuchadnezzar II’s purported thirteen-year siege of Tyre in the early sixth century bce. This detail about the length of the siege ... -
The smells of eternity: Aromatic oils and resins in the Phoenician mortuary record
Dixon, Helen (2021-09-30)This chapter surveys and analyses the aromatic substances associated with burial and the preservation of the dead in the Iron Age Phoenician Levant (c. 1100–300 bce), as part of an exploration of the lost smellscapes of ...