Ancient Mystery Cults (Revised), Paperback - Walter Burkert

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Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in an...

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The inside story of the world's most notorious cults.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Luigi (Independent Scholar, UK) BarziniIllustration(s): 1 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Publication da...

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Publisher: Sigma PressAuthor(s): Robert HarrisIllustration(s): 85 map/lineNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 16Cover...

Oaxaca, Mexico, is one of the world's important places where state-building and urbanism first appeared. This account, written by prominent archaeo...

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