The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective

by Peter Mitchell and Peter Mitchell

Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first animals that people ever rode, as well as the first used on a large-scale as beasts of burden. Associated with kingship and the gods in the ancient Near East, they have been (and in many places still are) a core technology for moving people and goods over both short and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198749236
• ISBN13: 9780198749233
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 0.4" x 9.3"