Medien im antiken Palästina

Does it make any sense to talk about 'the media of antiquity' or 'the media in antiquity', or is this an inappropriate modernism? Which term pertaining to the media is suitable for archaeology? Using the southern Levant, especially ancient Israel and Palestine as examples, the authors of the articles in this volume examine 'mediality', above all the 'mediality' of everyday material culture, and analyze the term 'media' to ascertain whether it can be applied to ancient communication structures. In addition to standard essays reflecting different concepts and terms of media, the work contains reflections on the 'media transfer' between Egypt and Palestine, and the authors use selected examples to study the mediality of burials, pictures on coins, seals, inscriptions and ornaments on buildings.