Irving Finkel

The First Ghosts

A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum, explores why the belief in ghosts is what makes us human.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 722128
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 126mm x 193mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781529303292
• ISBN-10: 152930329X
• Artikelnr.: 60004743

Autorenporträt

Dr Irving Finkel is Senior Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Middle East Department of the British Museum. He is the curator in charge of the world's largest collection of cuneiform clay tablets, comprising more than 130,000 pieces. His work involves reading and translating all sorts of inscriptions, sometimes working on ancient archives to identify manuscripts that belong together, or even join to one another. With publications, lecturing and broadcasting, Dr Finkel has brought these inscriptions and their writers to a modern audience. He is the author of The Ark Before Noah.