11:00am - 12:00pm
Lecture

Cult statues

Dominique Charpin
" Since that day, nothing has been invented ". The origins of civilization in Mesopotamia
11:00am - 12:00pm
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    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
    2:00 - 4:00pm

    Introduction: Berossus, between the Babylonians and the Greeks
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Reading texts related to the course (2)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    2:00 - 4:00pm

    Reading texts related to the course (3)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    2:00 - 4:00pm

    The concept of time
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Reading texts related to the course (4)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    2:00 - 4:00pm

    Knowledge transfer and inventions
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Reading texts related to the course (5)
    Dominique Charpin

    Seminar
    2:00 - 4:00pm

    The invention of a Sumerian identity
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

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

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Continuity of worship and changes in rituals
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Cult statues
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    The exemplarity of the past
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

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

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Conclusion : the legacy of Mesopotamian Civilization
    Dominique Charpin

    Lecture
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    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