Ancient History & Archaeology

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most extraordinary eyewitness accounts ever committed to parchment, The Jewish War chronicles the catastrophic first-century...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the elegance of algebra or the precision of calculus, humanity's relationship with number began as a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor anyone who has ever wondered what creatures walked alongside the prophets or filled the skies above Jerusalem, The Animals...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the tumultuous centuries between the reign of Marcus Aurelius and the conversion of Constantine, two worlds collided — the ancient polytheistic traditions...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of antiquity and the medieval world, The Formation of Christendom by Judith Herrin chronicles the...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the fall of Troy, one man is chosen by fate to carry the legacy of a dying civilization across storm-tossed seas and...

Edition: 3rd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingLong before humans set foot on its ancient red earth, Australia was a world unto itself — a continent shaped...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of faith, philosophy, and scholarship, The Origins of History presents Herbert Butterfield's sweeping meditation on how human beings first came to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodHigh in the Andes mountains, a civilisation rose to dominate an entire continent — and The Civilization of the Incas by Jean-Claude Valla chronicles the breathtaking...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Fold-out map intact. Rising from the jungles of Cambodia, the temples of Angkor stand as one of humanity's most breathtaking architectural achievements...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of East and West, the Byzantine Empire forged an artistic and cultural legacy of breathtaking...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the height of its power, Rome stood at the centre of a vast, interconnected world stretching from the windswept shores of Britain to...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen the plague swept through the Tuscan town of Monte Lupo in 1630, it ignited a fierce collision between the cold logic of public...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the age of modern chemistry, a brotherhood of secretive scholars pursued the ultimate dream — to transmute base metals into gold and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of physics and archaeology, The Carbon-14 Dating of Iron presents a groundbreaking scientific methodology that forever changed how researchers...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the thirteenth century, the Russian principalities stood fractured and vulnerable, and what followed was...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of faith and civilization, Early Christian Ireland illuminates the remarkable story of a island nation...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the very dawn of Western civilization, a remarkable flowering of human thought produced works of poetry and philosophy that continue to...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the heart of one of history's greatest civilisations lay a cancer that would ultimately consume it — and Ramsay MacMullen's Corruption and the Decline...

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Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Price clipped, some fading to DJ and small tear to edge of DJ....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of Hindu cosmology, seven celestial sages — the Saptarṣis — stand as the primordial patriarchs...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of myth, mysticism, and ancient religion stands a startling revelation: Shiva, the great Hindu god...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew regions of the world have witnessed such a complex tapestry of civilisations, empires, and...

Edition: 5th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Fold-out chart intact. First published in New York City in 1877, Isis Unveiled stands as one of the most...