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古文明之夜：探秘古代人类的城市夜间生活
(u. S.) Nancy Golin (u. S.) Megan E. Strong
This book was written by 15 experts and scholars in the fields of anthropology, archeology, history and other fields. It is the third collection of articles on the topic of "Night Archeology". It mainly discusses ancient cultures in different regions such as Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, North America and South America. It all revolves around a unique and romantic theme - how did the ancients illuminate and experience the night thousands of years ago? In the past, archaeological research and historical science often only told the history of the day, and rarely touched on the interaction between ancient people and the night. The darkness of night is a source of fear engraved deep in the human heart. In ancient civilizations around the world, the dark night always represents gloom, evil, chaos and death. Only sacred light can dispel it. Therefore, nighttime is a natural critical field, which is more likely to arouse people's reverie and myths, and is also more suitable for holding some rituals related to faith. This book uses 9 ancient civilizations as research cases. Through the research and analysis of a large number of ancient ruins, cultural relics, murals, documents and oral history, it restores the unique nights of ancient Egyptian civilization, ancient Greek civilization, ancient Mayan civilization and other ancient American civilizations. The ancient Egyptians' New Year's Eve lamp-laying ceremony was a way of worshiping and commemorating their gods and relatives; on the island of Samothrace, the ancient Greeks walked into the dark temples to complete the mysterious initiation ceremony; dots of beacons were revealed on the plains of Mesopotamia; the ancient Mayan monarchs chose to ascend on the dim moonlit New Year's Day. On the throne; the Aztecs have a tradition of formulating a solar calendar, and believe that only by sacrificing a person's living heart can a new fire be ignited, thereby ending the night and summoning the new sun... The night is not only directly related to the lives of the ancients, but also invisibly shaped the myths, beliefs and cultural cognition of the ancients.
This book was written by 15 experts and scholars in the fields of anthropology, archeology, history and other fields. It is the third collection of articles on the topic of "Night Archeology". It mainly discusses ancient cultures in different regions such as Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, North America and South America. It all revolves around a unique and romantic theme - how did the ancients illuminate and experience the night thousands of years ago? In the past, archaeological research and historical science often only told the history of the day, and rarely touched on the interaction between ancient people and the night. The darkness of night is a source of fear engraved deep in the human heart. In ancient civilizations around the world, the dark night always represents gloom, evil, chaos and death. Only sacred light can dispel it. Therefore, nighttime is a natural critical field, which is more likely to arouse people's reverie and myths, and is also more suitable for holding some rituals related to faith. This book uses 9 ancient civilizations as research cases. Through the research and analysis of a large number of ancient ruins, cultural relics, murals, documents and oral history, it restores the unique nights of ancient Egyptian civilization, ancient Greek civilization, ancient Mayan civilization and other ancient American civilizations. The ancient Egyptians' New Year's Eve lamp-laying ceremony was a way of worshiping and commemorating their gods and relatives; on the island of Samothrace, the ancient Greeks walked into the dark temples to complete the mysterious initiation ceremony; dots of beacons were revealed on the plains of Mesopotamia; the ancient Mayan monarchs chose to ascend on the dim moonlit New Year's Day. On the throne; the Aztecs have a tradition of formulating a solar calendar, and believe that only by sacrificing a person's living heart can a new fire be ignited, thereby ending the night and summoning the new sun... The night is not only directly related to the lives of the ancients, but also invisibly shaped the myths, beliefs and cultural cognition of the ancients.