Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity

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Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Reaktion Books
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Pages: 248 Illustrations and other contents: 105 illustrations, 89 in colour Language: English ISBN: 9781789145915 Categories: , , ,

Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity is a history of human engagement with amber across three millennia. The book vividly describes our conceptions, stories, and political and scholarly disputes about amber, as well as issues of national and personal identity, religion, art, literature, music and science. Rachel King rewrites amber’s history for the twenty-first century, tackling thorny ethical and moral questions regarding humanity’s relationship with amber in the past, as well our connection with it today. With Earth facing unprecedented challenges, amber – the natural time capsule, and preserver of key information about the planet’s evolutional history – promises to offer invaluable insights into what comes next.

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Author Biography

Rachel King is Curator of Renaissance Europe and the Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, London. She has written extensively on Baltic amber and its reception in Italy, Germany and England in the early-modern period.