Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: Wayne Crothers, Tona Eckfeld & Zhang MengBinding: PaperbackPublished: NGV, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward Burman's Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality...

Author: Halbertsma RuurdaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Forgotten Books, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAncient Lives: Greeks, Romans & Etruscans presents a comprehensive overview of...

Author: Basil PetrakosBinding: PaperbackPublished: CLIO editions, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive catalog of ancient artistry, focusing...

Author: W. K. Lacey And B. W. J. G. WilsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bristol Classical Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRes...

This title gives a brief overview of the "history" of treasure, including origins of the law of Treasure Trove in England and Wales, and the events which led to its...

Author: J. Peter White With James F. O'ConnellBinding: PaperbackPublished: ACADEMIC PRESS, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative work presents a comprehensive...

Set at the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger, intrigue and Machiavellian power struggles, the first book in Conn's brand-new series follows empress Agrippina's battle to secure her...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell 'This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed' THE...

A collection of translated extracts from Greek writers from Homer to Pausanias. The extracts are organised into chapters with a brief linking narrative under the following headings - War, The...

The art and architecture of Greece and Rome lie at the heart of the classical tradition of the western world and their legacy is so familiar as to have become...

*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics 'With a brilliant...

Author: Alan Walker & Pat ShipmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work, The Wisdom Of Bones:...

A comprehensive guide to a growing religious movement If you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism...

This new edition of the Oxford Bible Atlas, now with full-colour maps and illustrations, has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date with regard both to biblical scholarship...

An acclaimed history of the Vikings and The Times and Sunday Times History Book of the Year The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian...

The heroes and villains, gods and goddesses of ancient Greece have long inspired artists and, more recently, filmmakers to recreate their images. But how did the Greeks see them? And...

Sparta - its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness, justice and masculinity. The Spartans' reputation as fighters is matched only by...

Explores the role of the public intellectual by examining the life and work of John Mulvaney, one of Australia's foremost prehistorians. Who are public intellectuals? Why do they matter? What...

Author: John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press., 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a...

Author: J.E. Curtis And J.E. ReadeBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Museum Press, London, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume chronicles the magnificent...

Author: Leslie AlcockBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents the meticulous archaeological findings from the...

Author: David M. WelchBinding: PaperbackPublished: David M. Welch, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative work chronicles the profound artistic heritage...

Author: Daniel Antoine And Marie Vandenbeusch With John H. TaylorBinding: PaperbackPublished: The British Museum, 2016Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work,...

Author: Glyn DanielBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Archaeological Atlas Of The World presents a...

Author: John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford., 1992Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive overview...

Author: HomerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Viking, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis epic poem, The Iliad, recounts the legendary Trojan War, focusing on the...

Author: Michael DamesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe scholarly work The Silbury Treasure: The Great Goddess Rediscovered...

We tend to think of ancient stories of visits to the Underworld - by, for example, Odysseus, Orpheus and Aeneas - as being poetic fictions, but in fact in the...

This work examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the 1000 years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for...

When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters,...

Women's International Thought: A New History is the first cross-disciplinary history of women's international thought. Bringing together some of the foremost historians and scholars of international relations working today, this...

This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other...

Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time,...

The Mummy follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture, films and literature,...

The book also features contributions by Elizabeth Bartman, Brigitte Bourgeois, Jane Fejfer, Angela Gallottini, Sascha Kansteiner, Giovanna Martellotti, Orietta Rossi Pinelli, Peter Rockwell, Edmund Southworth, Samantha Sportun and Markus Trunk....

Visionaries of the 20th Century brings together the lives and works of 100 great men and women who offered inspiration, hope and healing. The 20th century was marked by wars,...

The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and...

For almost three centuries, until 612 BC, the small kingdom of Assyria dominated the Middle East, its empire at one point extending from Iran to Egypt. The story of those...

Authoritative new edition of Plato's Republic by acclaimed translator Christopher Rowe 'We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good...

The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as...

Author: Katharine Stoddert Gilbert, Joan K/ Holt, Sara HudsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ballantine Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTreasures Of Tutankhamun presents a...

Author: Robert J. SharerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Stanford University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover.This comprehensive academic work chronicles the rich...

Author: Michael D. CoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the monumental intellectual quest...

The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution's moral compass--Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be...

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned...

As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in historyBoswell called him the greatest man...