Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: D. W. LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Cohen & West Ltd, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text presents D. W. Lucas's meticulous...

Author: Desmond CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marks from dog earred pages.This anthropological...

Author: Deryck ScarrBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun fading to dj otherwise goodThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the intricate development of...

Author: Christopher MarloweBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clipped priceThis volume presents two powerful tragedies by the Elizabethan playwright...

Author: Christopher TowerBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld AND Nicolson, 1992Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsArcesilayus at Tocra transports readers to the ancient world, immersing them in a compelling narrative set against the...

Author: Lord Edward CecilBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1931Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight separation of book from cover at the front as indicated in...

Author: V. Turek, J. Marek, J. Benes, Edited By Julian BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: Arch Cape Press, 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide provides essential information for...

Author: Erich Von DänikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1972Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some creases to the DJ.This book presents a compelling argument for extraterrestrial involvement...

Author: Erich Von DänikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Price clipped DJThis book presents a collection of visual evidence supporting unconventional theories regarding...

Author: Jane Chance NitzscheBinding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1975Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic work examines the concept of the genius figure across two pivotal historical...

Author: Oscar CullmannBinding: HardbackPublished: London: SCM Press, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Blue board in good condition. Chipped and worn DJ. Light foxing on...

Author: Alice Von HildebrandBinding: HardbackPublished: George Braziller, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Board in good condition. Minor surface wear on DJ. Clean text. This volume presents...

Author: I. M. CrombieBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul; The Humanities Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work presents a thorough analysis of Plato's philosophical doctrines....

Grow in wisdom with this practical guide to Stoic philosophy for modern day-to-day life Discover the path to a more contented, fulfilled life through the teachings of Stoic philosophers, from...

Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history. In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts journeys from...

Pisciculture -- the process of raising fish -- held a lasting fascination for the people of ancient Rome. Whether bred for household consumption, cultivated for sale at market, or simply...

"Our women are serving actively in many ways in this war, and they are doing a grand job on both the fighting front and the home front." -- Eleanor Roosevelt,...

How did people make sense of the end of one era and the start of another? The Year 1000 plunges readers into the past in colorful detail and provides them...

'With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, the author weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites...

From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop's Fables Aesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and...

Most believed it had begun when God placed Adam & Eve, fully formed, into the Garden of Eden. Archaeology changed all that. Besides revealing to us the treasures, tombs and...

In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for...

Factology: Romans is a fact-packed introduction to this iconic time in history, presented in maps, timelines, diagrams and statistics. Travel through time to explore one of history's most stupendous superpowers:...

In the Cause of Humanity is a major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth century when the question of whether,...

This comprehensive and authoritative edition of the correspondence of Daniel Defoe situates each letter in its biographical, literary, and historical contexts. A unique source for a turbulent period of British...

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth...

For the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the...

From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Considering the formation and...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique works by Archimedes,...

Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic...

This is a full new edition of the Latin papyri from Dura Europos, which provide a wealth of material for several branches of Classical scholarship. They are a priceless source...

Volume 1 of the Cambridge World History is an introduction to both the discipline of world history and the earliest phases of world history up to 10,000 BCE. In Part...

Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain...

Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic...

Author: Leonard CottrellBinding: HardbackPublished: Chilton Books, Philadelphia, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume presents a triumph of archaeological investigation. The text describes a fascinating and detailed...

Author: J.P. SullivanBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe book offers a scholarly examination of Petronius's ancient Roman novel, 'Satyricon'. This...

Author: Ioannes S. PhillimoreBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford Clarendon Press, London, 1946Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents "Carmina," a collection of poems by the Roman elegiac poet...

Author: Translated and adapted by Kenneth McLeishBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, UK, 1964Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markings- Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Aristophanes: The Acharnians, Peace This book...

Author: Euripides; Richard Emil Braun (trans.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, New York, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a classical Greek tragedy. The narrative examines...

Author: Jacques MartinBinding: HardbackPublished: Casterman, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis graphic novel transports readers to an ancient world, following the adventures of a character connected to...

Author: Martin S. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents 'Cena Trimalchionis', a significant portion of Petronius's Satyricon. The...

Author: PlautusBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1970Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerMiles Gloriosus is a comedic play from ancient Rome. The narrative centers on a...

Author: SophoclesBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume collects three seminal works of ancient Greek drama. The narratives follow the tragic fate of...

Author: M. L. ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Cohen & West, 1953Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical survey examines the art of rhetoric in ancient Rome....

Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the intriguing and unique history of Korea, its mythology and its people. Korea's myths and folklore are rooted in the ancient history of...

This book, first full-length study of this often undervalued play, argues for a new appreciation of the power of its rhetoric, the subtlety of its characterization, and the beauty of...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationShortlisted for the 2024 Richard Jefferies AwardA Times Science Book of the Year 'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues...