Ancient History & Archaeology

This is the story of the fall of an Empire - and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor...

When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art, music and dance evolve? It is the...

John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations - and which in turn have shaped our own. The cities...

From Herodotus to The Mummy, Western civilization has long been fascinated with the exotic myths and legends of Ancient Egypt but they have often been misunderstood. Here acclaimed Egyptologist Joyce...

Just what is behind the building of thee pyramids: space ships, ley lines and all the other stories - are they fact or fiction? The Old Kingdom pharaohs believed that...

This fourth book in Dando-Collins's definitive history of Rome's legions tells the story of Rome's 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the throne and saved the life of the...

The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire--a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out...

"A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of...

Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius Caesar The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Two thousand years after it occurred,...

Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar-the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero-while the Roman Empire was still in...

Twenty thousand years ago Earth was in the midst of an ice age. Then global warming arrived, leading to massive floods, the spread of forests and the retreat of the...

John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations - and which in turn have shaped our own. The cities...

By far the greatest part of human history has been taken up by peoples whose principal tool was the stone hand-axe. But until now, we knew very little about what...

Meet Elpis as she learns how to be a human girl in this twenty-ninth Goddess Girls adventure! When Elpis, a bubble who spreads hope bubbles to those in need, draws...

This title examines the French feminist's memoirs and philosophical writings, discusses essential beliefs, and assesses her influence on the Women's movement.

Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as...

Author: Indra Kagis McewenBinding: PaperbackPublisher: MIT, 1997Edition: 3rd pr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a compelling...

Author: -Binding: HardbackPublisher: The Ancient Monuments Society, 1958-1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Volume 6-8;...

Author: Rodolfo LancianiBinding: HardbackPublisher: Bell Publishing Company, 1979Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missing , price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis seminal work chronicles the monumental archaeological discoveries...

Author: Pearl S. BuckBinding: HardbackPublisher: Readers Book Club, 1957Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some wear &...

Author: Noël E. NichollBinding: HardbackPublisher: Lutterworth Press, 1950Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsBefore Jesus Came chronicles the rich historical and spiritual landscape that...

Author: Margaret GuidoBinding: HardbackPublisher: Faber and Faber Limited, 1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive archaeological guide, Southern Italy: An Archaeological Guide: The...

Author: Giancarlo SusiniBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford Basil Blackwell, 1973Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis academic work presents a comprehensive guide to Latin epigraphy, offering readers an essential...

Author: J.R PerkinsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Peter Huston, 1946Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition, light bumping to corners, binding sound.Antioch Acheus presents...

Author: Giorgio De Santillana And Hertha Von DechendBinding: HardbackPublisher: London: Macmillan, 1970Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Top-edge slightly tanned,...

Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublisher: NEWSWEEK, 1981Edition: 8th impr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical account The Colosseum chronicles the monumental construction and enduring legacy of...

Author: Bart D. Ehrman; Andrew S. JacobsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, 2004Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis essential academic volume, Christianity In Late Antiquity 300-450 C.E.: A...

Author: Philip RawsonBinding: HardbackPublisher: Minerva, 1973Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner marking mock title page, front canvas...

Author: Gisela RichterBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Phaidon Press, 1965Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover bound in plastic protective coating.This authoritative volume, A Handbook Of Greek...

Author: J.A.B. Van BuitenenBinding: PaperbackPublisher: University of Chicago Press, 1978; 1981; 1983Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image....

Author: Henry H. TrivickBinding: HardbackPublisher: John Baker, 1969Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsHenry Trivick's The Craft And Design Of Monumental Brasses presents a...

Author: John Ward-PerkinsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Australian Gallery Directors Council Ltd, 1980Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis lavish catalogue commemorates the...

Author: Robert RaymondBinding: HardbackPublisher: MacMillan Melbourne, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on front and back pagesThis compelling historical account, Out Of...

Author: Denise [cataloguer]. B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd ChaferBinding: PaperbackPublisher: B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd., 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown...

Author: M. Aylwin Cotton And Guy P. R. MetrauxBinding: HardbackPublisher: The British School at Rome and The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust...

Author: E. Marianne SternBinding: HardbackPublisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive study of ancient glass, focusing on...

In 27 BC, after the tumultuous period of civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar, Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate and given the title 'Augustus'....

The Girl from Andros was the first play of the brilliant but short-lived Roman comic playwright Terence and shows him as already a master dramatist. It is based on two...

This book provides a clear, accessible examination of the major aspects of daily life in ancient Rome-from food and sports to religion, education, and politics. It examines ancient Rome's "common...

Keith Critchlow, an internationally-renowned scholar, has studied a wide range of Neolithic artefacts. In Time Stands Still, he adopts a technique of cross-cultural comparison to uncover some previously unknown characteristics...

This concise and fully illustrated introduction to methods of excavation describes a technique that is essential for all kinds of archaeology. It presents new ideas on excavation techniques and challenges...

Handfasting and Wedding Rituals has everything you need to plan the perfect Pagan wedding. You'll find advice and examples to help you with basic wedding planning, writing vows, and ritual...

Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture is the first comprehensive survey of ancient Greek and Roman sexuality. * Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium,...

When you have been forcibly displaced from your home, the revolutionary dream of what should have happened ... stays alive as a utopian beacon of happiness that will (possibly) never...

The luxury of the ancient world is legendary, but the Athenian reputation is sober because this wealthy, successful city-state spent all its money on the conspicuous consumption of ephemeral things....

Author: Andy McdermottBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Headline, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Valhalla Prophecy plunges...

Author: Harry SidebottomBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Harper, 2015Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis gripping historical novel, Throne Of The Caesars: Iron...

Author: Colleen McculloughBinding: HardbackPublisher: Guild Publishing, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: pages tanned on edges; some foxing to edges of dust jacket; first...