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Mosul after Islamic State

The Quest for Lost Architectural Heritage

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Outlines the methods used in the processing of available archaeological and historical data in order to create profiles of individual monuments in Mosul
  • Investigates the story of Mosul which has been severely damaged by ISIS
  • Present the results of 3D reconstructions of destroyed sites, created on the basis of preserved documentation

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict (PSCHC)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
  2. A City Destroyed

    • Karel Nováček, Miroslav Melčák, Ondřej Beránek, Lenka Starková
    Pages 1-68
  3. A City Explored

    • Karel Nováček, Miroslav Melčák, Ondřej Beránek, Lenka Starková
    Pages 69-281
  4. A City Contextualized

    • Karel Nováček, Miroslav Melčák, Ondřej Beránek, Lenka Starková
    Pages 283-329
  5. Epilogue: A City Resurrected?

    • Karel Nováček, Miroslav Melčák, Ondřej Beránek, Lenka Starková
    Pages 331-338
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 339-352

About this book

The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpetrated by Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. It identifies which structures were attacked, the ideological rationale behind the destruction, and the significance of the lost monuments in the context of Mosul’s urban development and the architectural history of the Middle East. This methodologically innovative work fills an important gap in the study of both current radical movements and the medieval Islamic architecture of Northern Iraq.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Karel Nováček

  • Oriental Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Melčák, Ondřej Beránek

  • Department of Archaeology, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic

    Lenka Starková

About the authors

Karel Nováček is Associate Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the Palacký University at Olomouc.

Miroslav Melčák is a research fellow at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.

Ondřej Beránek is Director of the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. 

Lenka Starková is Assistant Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of West Bohemia Pilsen. 

Lucie Pospíšilová (aka Nyx Alexander Design) is a freelance graphic designer and 3D artist.    


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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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