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Councilman Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesus Pacheco, attended this morning at the City Museum, the presentation of the publication 'The impact of the Christian conquest in the urban landscape of Murcia' Pedro Jimenez and It is part of the 'Culture Papers' published by the City Council since 1996.
This year on the occasion of the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Murcia, the City Museum published the book Jimenez is a study based on archaeological discipline, so that the data reveals require high accuracy the characteristics of the urban landscape, since excavations documented the layout of the streets and the shape and size of the houses, mosques and official and military buildings.
In addition, found objects and the arrangement of the burials, explains the lifestyle of the inhabitants of that time and explains various issues unknown in the absence of written documents.
The book is a chapter of the thesis of Pedro Jimenez, entitled Murcia, from antiquity to Islam, an important contribution to the literature on the history of Murcia ancient and medieval, it incorporates all data and conclusions drawn from archaeological excavations in the city of Murcia since the 80s of last century to the more recent discovery of the site of San they Were
Pedro Jimenez holds a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Murcia, and Doctor since 2013 at the University of Granada.
Specialist in Islamic Archaeology, has directed numerous archaeological excavations in Spain and was responsible for the excavations in the Umayyad palace in Amman (Jordan) from 1993 to 2000 and director of the mission during the last two seasons.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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