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Africa emergence of a continent : peoples and civilizations of ancient Africa

Author:
Mveng, Engelbert  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Herodotus Views on Africa  Search this
Homer Views on Africa  Search this
Diodorus Siculus Views on Africa  Search this
Type:
Articles
Early works to 1800
Place:
Africa
Date:
1969
To 1498
Topic:
History  Search this
Call number:
NX430.A42 P18 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752516

Anthropological essays presented to Edward Burnett Tylor in honour of his 75th birthday, Oct. 2, 1907, by H. Balfour, A.E. Crawley [etc.]

Author:
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge 1868-1936  Search this
Marreco, Barbara W. Freire-  Search this
Subject:
Tylor, Edward B (Edward Burnett) 1832-1917  Search this
Tylor, Edward Burnett Sir 1832-1917 Bibliography  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 416 p. front., illus., XV pl., ports., maps. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1907
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Call number:
GN4 .A62
GN4.A62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_80650

Africa : the history of exploration and adventure as given in the leading authorities from Herodotus to Livingstone / by Charles H. Jones, with map and illustrations

Author:
Jones, Charles H  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
x, 496 p., [30] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port., map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
1875
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_780799

The mirror of Herodotus : the representation of the other in the writing of history / François Hartog ; translated by Janet Lloyd

Author:
Hartog, François  Search this
Subject:
Herodotus History  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
History, Ancient  Search this
Call number:
D58.H473H4713 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_366088

Egyptology : from Herodotus to the twentieth century

Author:
Phillips, Jacqueline Sharon 1955-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2005
Topic:
Egyptology  Search this
Call number:
DT20 .E53 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_778150

Schlau, schläuer, am schläusten. Aegyptische humoreske. Niedergeschrieben und abgemalt 1315 jahre vor Christi geburt von C. M. Seyppel. Hofmaler und poët Seiner Majestät des königs Rhampsinit III. Memphis, Mumienstrasse no 35, 3. etage, 4 x klingeln

Author:
Seyppel, Karl Maria 1847-  Search this
Physical description:
3 p. l., 40 p. illus. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1882
1882]
Topic:
German wit and humor, Pictorial  Search this
Call number:
NC1509.S47X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_372750

The Nile : a journey downriver through Egypt's past and present / by Toby Wilkinson

Author:
Wilkinson, Toby A. H.  Search this
Subject:
Wilkinson, Toby A. H Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nile River
Nile River Valley
Egypt
Date:
2014
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1037942

Meaning and Purpose of Library, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Lawrie, Lee Oskar 1877-1963  Search this
Architect:
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor 1869-1924  Search this
Winslow, Carlton M. 1876-1946  Search this
Assistant:
Alexander, Hartley Burr 1873-1939  Search this
Carver:
Ardolino, Edward  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Plato  Search this
Alighieri, Dante  Search this
Homer  Search this
Milton, John  Search this
Shakespeare, William  Search this
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von  Search this
Herodotus  Search this
Virgil  Search this
Socrates  Search this
Justinian  Search this
Leonardo da Vinci  Search this
Copernicus, Nicolaus  Search this
Medium:
Limestone
Type:
Sculptures-Architectural component
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
City of Los Angeles Central Library 630 West 5th Street Los Angeles California 90071
Date:
1924-1926
Topic:
Architecture--Civic--Library  Search this
Architecture--Civic--Los Angeles Central Library  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Prudence  Search this
Allegory--Other--Civilization  Search this
Portrait male--David  Search this
Religion--Saint--St. John  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Portrait male--Full Length  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Hesper  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Phospher  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Hercules  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Athena  Search this
Allegory--Element--Light  Search this
Religion--Old Testament--Adam & Eve  Search this
Literature--Carroll--Alice in Wonderland  Search this
Literature--Perrault--Mother Goose Tales  Search this
Literature--Unknown--Arabian Nights Entertainments  Search this
Literature--Malory--Le Morte d'Arthur  Search this
Literature--Character--Robin Hood  Search this
Control number:
IAS CA000407
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_318933

Crosus displayng his wealth to Solon, (painting)

Artist:
Unknown  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--Ancient--Greece  Search this
Literature--Herodotus--Histories I  Search this
Literature--Character--Croesus  Search this
Literature--Character--Solon  Search this
Control number:
AECI 01830105
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_36793

Of Africa / Wole Soyinka

Author:
Soyinka, Wole  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 199 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
History  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1012936

Great books of the Western World. Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., in collaboration with the University of Chicago. [Robert Maynard Hutchins, editor in chief

Author:
Hutchins, Robert Maynard 1899-1977  Search this
Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc  Search this
University of Chicago  Search this
Physical description:
54 v. illus., maps. 25 cm
Type:
Collections
Date:
1952
[1952]
Topic:
Literature  Search this
Literature--Indexes  Search this
Call number:
AC1 .G7X
AC1.G7X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_18012

The other face of the moon / Claude Levi-Strauss with a preface by Junzo Kawada ; translated by Jane Marie Todd

Author:
Lévi-Strauss, Claude  Search this
Subject:
Lévi-Strauss, Claude  Search this
Lévi-Strauss, Claude Travel  Search this
Physical description:
166 p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Interviews
Place:
Japan
Date:
2013
C2013
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Call number:
GN635.J2 L3913 2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004568

Arabia Felix from the time of the Queen of Sheba : eighth century B.C. to first century A.D. / Jean-Frano̧is Breton ; translated from the French by Albert LaFarge

Author:
Breton, Jean-François  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 216 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Arabia, Southern
Date:
1999
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1022712

Herodotus / with an English translation by A. D. Godley

Author:
Herodotus  Search this
Godley, A. D (Alfred Denis) 1856-1925  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. : fold. maps. ; 17 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1981
1982
1981-82
Topic:
History, Ancient  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PA3612 .H55 1981
PA3612.H55 1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_189129

Notes on Herodotus : original and selected, from the best commentators / by Dawson W. Turner

Author:
Turner, Dawson William 1815-1885  Search this
Subject:
Herodotus  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 474 p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1853
Topic:
History, Ancient  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PA4004 .T94
PA4004.T94
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_170787

Herodotus, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931  Search this
Subject:
Herodotus  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
Greek  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Library of Congress 10 1st Street, S.E Rotunda Reading Room Washington District of Columbia 20540
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Education--Historian  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Scroll  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 08480013
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_371878

Herodotus, with an English translation by A.D. Godley

Author:
Herodotus  Search this
Godley, A. D (Alfred Denis) 1856-1925  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. fold. maps. 17 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1960
1963
1960-1963
Topic:
History, Ancient  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PA3612 .H55 1963
PA3612.H55 1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_156873

Ancient Greek female costume. Illustrated by one hundred and twelve plates and numerous smaller illustrations. With explanatory letterpress, and descriptive passages from the works of Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Theocritus, Xenophon, Lucian, and other Greek authors, selected by J. Moyr Smith

Author:
Smith, John Moyr  Search this
Physical description:
87, [1] p. illus., 112 pl. (incl. front.) 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1883
Topic:
Costume  Search this
Women  Search this
Call number:
GT550 .S6 1883z
GT550.S6 1883Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179586

Les histoires d'Herodote / mise en françois par P. Dv-Ryer ..

Author:
Herodotus  Search this
Tr:
Du Ryer, Pierre d. 1658  Search this
Physical description:
636, 22 p. ; 36 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1658
Topic:
History, Ancient  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DF213 .H55 F1658
DF213.H55 F1658
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_132465

Scythians : warriors of ancient Siberia / edited by St. John Simpson and Svetlana Pankova

Author:
Simpson, St John  Search this
Pankova, Svetlana  Search this
British Museum  Search this
Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)  Search this
Physical description:
368 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Date:
2017
Topic:
Art, Scythian  Search this
Scythians--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088010

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