Ancient History & Archaeology

Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her books and TV presenting....

This text explores the mysteries which lie at the core of being male when one takes a quest into the Celtic-Teutonic-Christian myth of the Grail Castle. The Pagan Celtic culture's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHidden for nearly two millennia beneath the sands of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, a cache of ancient manuscripts resurfaced...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor centuries, the Renaissance has stood as one of humanity's greatest cultural eruptions — a period...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat can the ancient world tell us about the man who reshaped it? Jesus in the Tide of Time: An Historical Study presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn one of the twentieth century's most electrifying scholarly controversies, Morton Smith recounts his 1958 discovery at the ancient Mar...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the sun-baked soil of the Turkish Hatay, two ancient mounds — Atchana and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the dawn of Western drama comes a collection of four extraordinary tragedies by Aeschylus — the father...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rowdy stages of ancient Rome comes one of history's most gifted comic playwrights —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most celebrated works of Old Norse literature, Egil's Saga chronicles the turbulent life...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before European sails appeared on the horizon, Australia was home to a civilisation of extraordinary ingenuity and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before European sails appeared on the horizon, Australia was home to one of the world's most enduring...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of antiquity's most dazzling and subversive literary masterpieces, The Satyricon plunges the reader into the decadent underbelly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the canon of scripture was sealed, a vast world of sacred writing circulated among the earliest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sunbaked cities of ancient Mesopotamia emerges one of humanity's oldest and most enduring stories — the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAlexandria, that most mythologized of Mediterranean cities — a place where antiquity and modernity collide in perpetual, restless conversation —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first empire rose or the first city-state drew its borders, the ancient world was already...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFrom the frost-bitten halls of Asgard to the serpentine depths of Midgard's oceans, The Norse Myths presents the complete cycle of Old Norse mythology...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodLong before Rome cast its shadow across Europe, a remarkable civilisation flourished across the continent — fierce, artistic, and fiercely independent — and Nora...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. maps included. Long before the Indo-European migrations reshaped the European continent, another civilisation laid its deep...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of two of antiquity's most profound spiritual traditions, Jewish and Gnostic Man presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew civilizations have shaped the course of human history with the ambition, brutality, and brilliance of Rome, and The Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire: An Illustrated...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Bruised board. In the blood-soaked fields and castle-studded landscapes of medieval England, war was not merely a political instrument —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of antiquity and the medieval world, the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian blazed with an artistic and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the sun-scorched cities of Acre, Nazareth, and the formidable fortress of Belvoir Castle, a remarkable artistic tradition flourished during the twelfth...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodWhen the ancient wonders of Egypt first captured the imagination of European travellers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a remarkable cohort of artist-explorers set...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFrom the illuminated cloisters of medieval scholarship emerges one of the most enchanting documents of the Middle Ages — a magnificent English rendering of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodFrom the courts of Julius Caesar to the madness of Domitian, The Twelve Caesars stands as one of antiquity's most vivid and scandalous chronicles of...

This book gives an account of the way in which different generations have viewed Cleopatra. 'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations...

"A magical and hugely captivating journey - filled with such beauty, wonder and surprise. A simply marvellous read, hugely recommended" - Stephen Fry A real-life journey through the fantastical world...

Adam Nicolson writes popular books as popular books used to be, a breeze rather than a scholarly sweat, but humanely erudite, elegantly written, passionately felt...and his excitement is contagious.--James Wood,...

The book titled Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by the author Sarah Pomeroy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

A fine collection of the greatest French tales about the legend of Arthur Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of economic history and social anthropology, Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the ancient Roman frontier settlements along the Danube to the dazzling twilight of the Habsburg Empire, A Brief Survey of Austrian History presents a sweeping...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA Synopsis of Art History is an authoritative and compact survey that guides students and enthusiasts through the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the first stirrings of prehistoric civilization to the complex, interconnected world of the twentieth century, A World History presents an ambitious and panoramic sweep...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the grandeur of the Pantheon to the sweeping arches of the Colosseum, Roman Art and Architecture presents...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of reason and mythology, the Presocratic philosophers of ancient Greece dared to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew civilizations have left behind a legacy as enduring or as breathtaking as that of ancient Greece, and The Greek...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerStretching seventy-three miles across the rugged northern reaches of Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall stands as one of antiquity's most audacious...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: light bumping on corners; faded spine. From the hallowed lecture halls of the University of Leicester, T. P. Wiseman presents a rigorous and captivating...