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Exploring the Roots of Religion

Von: John R. Hale, The Great Courses
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What impulse drove ancient cultures to create sites like Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, and the pyramids at Giza? Why are we so transfixed by their presence today? And what do they reveal about our ancestors-and humanity?

The dynamic force of religious belief is responsible for some of the world's most popular and ancient locales.With these 36 riveting lectures, you can dig through the earth and learn how sacred buildings, complexes, tomb structures, artwork, and more have provided us with unparalleled knowledge about early spiritual experiences around the world. Using the tools and knowledge of their field, archaeologists can now determine the nature of a sacrificial ritual, compare the visible attributes of ancient deities, and map out the orientation of a temple or tomb.

Professor Hale gives you a comprehensive look at specific religious archaeological sites around the world-inside caves and crypts, through vast deserts and ancient cities, from Polynesia to Mexico to the American Midwest.

Studying these breathtaking sites such as Lascaux Cave, Machu Picchu, and Easter Island, you learn the points of interest that attract the attention of archaeologists and scholars, survey the principal features unearthed during the site's excavation, discover what evidence at the site reveals about the evolution of religion, and more.

By the final lap of your international journey, you'll have developed a new vision of religion and its crucial role in ancient history. You'll become more attuned to spirituality's universal elements and its unique characteristics. And you'll realize just how much credit religion deserves for remarkable sites that continue to captivate us.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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Possibly the most varied course ....

... of all the courses in the history series. Spanning 100,000 years in time and the whole globe Prof. Hale shows the whole spectrum of religious expressions as preserved in archaeological artefacts.

The course is organized in 6 general themes:
- "In the Beginning" - The oldest artefacts known to us
- "Quest for the Afterlife" - Our relation to the dead
- "Reconstructing Ancient Rituals" - How archaeology can bring to life again rituals long gone
- "Lost Gods and Fallen Temples" - The most spectacular rediscoverings
- "Sacred Landscapes" - Telling of enormous efforts
- "Communities of the Spirit" - The long way of the spiritual thinking that reaches up to our own time

If you would press me to say anything negative about the course: I missed a chapter about Australia (only chapter 3 mentions shortly Australian wall paintings).

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