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ancient burial practices
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Product details
- ISBN 9780844817279
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1992
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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First Published in 1993. Since before the dawn of recorded history the mountainous lands of the northern Middle East have been home to a distinct people whose cultural tradition is one of the most authentic and original in the world. Some vestiges of Kurdish life and culture can actually be traced back to burial rituals practiced over 50,000 years ago by people inhabiting the Shanidar Caves near Arbil in central Kurdistan. In this book, the author has tried to identify and delineate the heritage of the Kurds, now thoroughly submerged in the accepted and standard models for subdividing Middle Eastern civilization, none of which is designed to accommodate the stateless Kurds.
Mehrdad R. Izady Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Harvard University.
