Ancient History & Archaeology

The definitive guide to the stone circles of Britain and Ireland From Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are...

This compact yet comprehensive history brings ancient Greek civilization alive, from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. "A highly readable account of ancient Greece."- Kirkus Reviews Focusing...

From Simpson's donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn't happen the way most people think they did. In...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, And The Birth Of Europe, chronicles...

Twenty million years ago a meteorite weighing 10 billion tons and moving at least 50,000 mph smashed into the Earth just below the North Pole. It vapourized on impact, releasing...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work chronicles the pivotal era of ancient Greece, detailing the societal transformations...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAspects Of Ancient Greece: Book 1 presents a comprehensive overview of the foundational elements...

ANOTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND is the latest gripping novel from Gill Paul. 'A triumph' Dinah Jefferies on the USA Today bestselling The Secret Wife. Two women who challenged the Crown. Divided...

" Vengeance...a comforting echo...a warm hug that tantalised the darkest of thoughts." Despair has left Sophia prey to the same evil she is trying to overcome. It's only those she's...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more . After the deaths of Antony...

The Mycenaean civilization of the Greek Bronze was identified 150 years ago, yet its origins remain obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of ongoing excavations at the Palace of Nestor at...

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy "A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won't see Cleopatra the same way...

The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism's most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert...

Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics - often hailed as the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFall Of The Roman Republic: Six Lives By Plutarch presents a compelling collection of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Map at rear intact. Franz Cumont's The Mysteries Of Mithra chronicles the fascinating...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work, Landmarks In Greek Literature, presents a comprehensive overview of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAncient Greece by H. B. Cotterill presents a comprehensive historical account of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageColleen McCullough's Antony And Cleopatra chronicles the dramatic and politically charged romance between the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work, Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, meticulously chronicles the profound influence of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFabrizio Mancinelli's The Catacombs Of Rome And The Origins Of Christianity presents a compelling...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOlympia presents a comprehensive account of the ancient Greek sanctuary, tracing its evolution from...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Capitoline Museums Guide presents a comprehensive overview of one of Rome's most significant...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor staining to top-edge of pages, some slight sun-fading to cover.The scholarly work The Pythagorean Plato: Prelude To...

Sicily 412 BC: the infinite duel between a man and a superpower begins. The man is Dionysius, who has just made himself Tyrant of Syracuse. The superpower Carthage, mercantile megalopolis...

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...

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...

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: 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: 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: 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...

In Book IV of Virgil's "Aeneid", one of the most studied books of that epic poem, Dido, queen of Carthage, is inflamed by love for Aeneas. The goddesses Juno and...

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...

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...

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...

One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in one of Africa's first post-independence...

This edition presents Medea, the most famous play of the Athenian tragedian Euripides, in ancient Greek, with commentary designed for university Greek classes, from second-year Greek upward. It helps students...

Author: Philip WhittingBinding: PaperbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work, Byzantium: An Introduction, chronicles the rich and complex...

Author: A. R. And Mary BurnBinding: PaperbackPublished: SCHOCKEN BOOKS, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Living Past Of Greece by A.R. and...

Author: AA PublishingBinding: PaperbackPublished: AA Publishing, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the rich heritage of a significant northern...

Author: Michael a.o. BirrellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australia, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic volume presents a collection...

Author: Tony NolanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bay Books Pty Ltd, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Romantic World of Gold, Gold, Gold, Gold...

Author: Bernard M. Feilden And Jukka JokilehtoBinding: PaperbackPublished: ICCROM, UNESCO, ICOMOS, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative work, Management Guidelines For...