11:00 to 12:00
Lecture

Cult statues

Dominique Charpin
" Since that day, nothing has been invented ". The origins of civilization in Mesopotamia
11:00 to 12:00
    Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Temples were conceived as the habitat of deities, who were embodied in cult statues. But these statues could be damaged, destroyed or taken captive. How did the Mesopotamians deal with such catastrophes?

    Speaker(s)

    Dominique Charpin

    Professor at the Collège de France

    Events

    Reading texts related to the course (1)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    14:00 to 16:00
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    Introduction: Berossus, between the Babylonians and the Greeks
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Reading texts related to the course (2)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    14:00 to 16:00
    Not recorded

    Reading texts related to the course (3)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    14:00 to 16:00
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    The concept of time
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Reading texts related to the course (4)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    14:00 to 16:00
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    Knowledge transfer and inventions
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Reading texts related to the course (5)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    14:00 to 16:00
    Not recorded

    The invention of a Sumerian identity
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Justice : the andurârum, back to the original situation
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Continuity of worship and changes in rituals
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Cult statues
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    The exemplarity of the past
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    In search of the past : archaeologists, kings and forgers
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    Conclusion : the legacy of Mesopotamian Civilization
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00 to 12:00

    See also

    Seminar related to the lecture: Reading texts related to the course
    Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization
    " Since that day, nothing has been invented ". The origins of civilization in Mesopotamia