The volume under review collects 20 essays dedicated by different scholars to Francesca Rochberg, a professor of Assyriology and renowned expert on ancient Mesopotamian celestial divination. Most the deal with discuss cuneiform sources. Reviewed by: Lorenzo Verderame, Published Online (2022-07-31)Copyright © 2022 Verderame Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/a...

Whereas shrines in Africa, and to a lesser extent their links with medicine and healing, have been extensively studied by historians and anthropologists, they have been largely neglected by archaeologists. Focus has been placed upon palaeopathology when medicine is considered in archaeological contexts. Difficulties certainly exist in defining medicine shrines, substances and practices archaeol...