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Atlas of the Greek World

Atlas of the Greek World

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Alexander to Actium: The Hellenistic Age

Alexander to Actium: The Hellenistic Age

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The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

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Codex Mendoza Aztec Manuscript

Codex Mendoza Aztec Manuscript

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Author: Kurt RossBinding: HardbackPublished: Miller Graphics, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Codex Mendoza is an important Aztec manuscript that provides a detailed account of...
Ruins of Angkor Cambodia in 1909

Ruins of Angkor Cambodia in 1909

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Author: P. DieulefilsBinding: HardbackPublished: River Books, 2001, Facsimilie EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a detailed account of the ruins and historical significance of...
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology

Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology

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Author: Norman DouglasBinding: HardbackPublished: Minerva, 1974Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsVery good condition! Book has light red edge paint on top of pages, front end page has bottom...
Pandora An Archaeological Perspective

Pandora An Archaeological Perspective

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Author: Peter GesnerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Queensland Museum, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an archaeological perspective on the myth of Pandora, exploring the historical and cultural...
The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

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A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph, 1862-1863

A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph, 1862-1863

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People of the Stone Age: Vol 2

People of the Stone Age: Vol 2

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Genesis of the Pharaohs

Genesis of the Pharaohs

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Citadel to City-state: The Transformation of Greece, 1200-700 BCE

Citadel to City-state: The Transformation of Greece, 1200-700 BCE

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The Odes of Pindar

The Odes of Pindar

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Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

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The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun

The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery

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Bestselling author the Countess of Carnarvon tells the thrilling behind-the-scenes story of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on its centennial, and explores the unparalleled life of family ancestor...
The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in

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How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimonyThe discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand...
The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It

The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the

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'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are...
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

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Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt

Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt

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Magi: The Quest for the Secret Tradition

Magi: The Quest for the Secret Tradition

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Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply

Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply

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Egypt

Egypt

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Cairo Museum

Cairo Museum

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Egypt Lost and Found:Explorers and Travellers on the Nile: Explorers and Travellers on the Nile

Egypt Lost and Found:Explorers and Travellers on the Nile: Explorers and Travellers on the Nile

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The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over

The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over

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Homer and His Iliad

Homer and His Iliad

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A "compelling and impressive" (Sunday Times) reassessment of the Iliad, uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful The Iliad is the world's greatest epic poem--heroic...
The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of Ancient Egypt!

The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of

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'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORECleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen.A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music,...
Ithaca: The exquisite, gripping tale that breathes life into ancient myth

Ithaca: The exquisite, gripping tale that breathes life into ancient

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'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne***A Sunday Times Historical Fiction...
Greek Sculpture

Greek Sculpture

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Greek Sculpture presents a chronological overview of the plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world from the emergence of life-sized marble statuary at the end of the...
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

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'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin DunbarThe relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone...
Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths

Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths

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A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and beliefWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals...
Description of Egypt: Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia

Description of Egypt: Notes and Views in Egypt and Nubia

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The great nineteenth-century British traveler Edward William Lane (1801-76) was the author of a number of highly influential works: An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians...
From Siena to Nubia: Alessandro Ricci in Egypt and Sudan, 1817-22

From Siena to Nubia: Alessandro Ricci in Egypt and Sudan, 1817-22

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A medical practitioner and talented draftsman, Alessandro Ricci was born in Siena, Italy, at the end of the eighteenth century. He traveled extensively throughout Egypt and Sudan between 1817 and...
Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt

Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient

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Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare. This new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need...
Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 2: The Golden Age: 1881-1914

Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 2: The Golden Age: 1881-1914

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"A well written, informed, and at times exciting account" (Choice) of the field of Egyptology, part two of Thompson's bestselling monumental history, new in paperback The discovery of ancient Egypt...
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars

Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars

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'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly'Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is...
Serpent's Point: Book 26 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

Serpent's Point: Book 26 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

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'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. The large house on the headland is shrouded in an...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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From SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING author Bettany Hughes'A wondrous wonderful achievement' Stephen Fry 'Fascinating' Observer 'Thrilling' GuardianTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens...
The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of Ancient Egypt!

The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of

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'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORECleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen.A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music,...
A Letter to the Luminous Deep: the perfect cosy magical academia read!

A Letter to the Luminous Deep: the perfect cosy magical academia read!

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'An underwater treasure-chest to be slowly unpacked, full of things I adore: nosy and loving families, epistolary romance, gorgeous worldbuilding, and anxious scholars doing their best to meet the world...
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody history' The Times 'A book for lovers...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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When a mysterious green knight arrives unbidden at Camelot one Christmas, only the young and inexperienced Gawain is brave or foolhardy enough to take up his challenge ...This story, first...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome

Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome

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A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
Serpent's Point: Book 26 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

Serpent's Point: Book 26 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

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'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. The large house on the headland is shrouded in an...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome

Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome

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A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology

Enchanted Islands: A Mediterranean Odyssey - A Memoir of Travels [...]

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"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...
The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It

The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through [...]

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'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are...