Jean Macintosh Turfa: 2 books
Divining the Etruscan World
The Brontoscopic Calendar and Religious Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of...
The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry
The Golden Smile through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry offers a study of the construction and use of gold dental appliances in ancient Etruscan culture, and their place within the framework of a general history of dentistry, with special emphasis on appliances, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern...