Encompassing the geographic regions of Mesopotamia, Syria and the Levant, and Anatolia and Iran, this book explores several themes found in the art of the ancient Near East: gods and goddesses, men and women, and both real and supernatural animals.
Trudy Kawami is director of research at the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in New York. John Olbrantz is the Maribeth Collins Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.