A solar observatory in the lion-hunt painting at Vergina

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Re: A solar observatory in the lion-hunt painting at Vergina

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amyntoros wrote:Received today a little booklet from The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, New and Forthcoming Publications 2012. No date for publication yet, but they show "Hunters, Heroes, Kings: The Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina" (AAAC 3) by Hallie M. Franks as forthcoming this year. The booklet shows a lovely painted recreation of the frieze, and the blurb is as follows:
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of the Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. The hunting scene on the frieze reflects the construction of Macedonian royal identity through the appeal to specific and long-standing cultural traditions, which emerged, long before Alexander's reign, from a complex negotiation of claims to heroic and local dynastic pasts, regional ideals of kingship, and models of royal behavior provided by the East.
I haven't bought many books lately - just too many on my wishlist - but this one will definitely move to the top once it is published.

Best regards,
Thank you very much for this info. Because of our right as civil servants to being offered books of the American School of Classical Studies (but not all of them), I will check for the book in the months to come.

Best regards! :D
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Re: A solar observatory in the lion-hunt painting at Vergina

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I meant to post these ages ago but forgot. System1988 sent them to me some time back.
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