About Antiquities: Politics of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire

by Zeynep Ocelik and Zeynep Çelik

Antiquities have been pawns in empire-building and global rivalries; power struggles; assertions of national and cultural identities; and cross-cultural exchanges, cooperation, abuses, and misunderstandings-all with the underlying element of financial gain. Indeed, "who owns antiquity?" is a contentious question in many of today's international conflicts.

About Antiquities offers an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477310614
• ISBN13: 9781477310618
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"