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Ancient Civilizations: The Illustrated Guide to Belief, Mythology and
The great civilizations of the distant past never cease to impress us with their spectacular achievements. Ideas, writings, and works of art speak to us across tracts of time with...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000...
The Secret Of Atlantis
$15.00 AUD
Author: Otto MuckBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work The Secret of Atlantis uncovers a provocative theory regarding the legendary lost continent. Otto...
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality
$20.00 AUD
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...
Ancient Lives: Greeks, Romans & Etruscans
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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...
The Ruins Of Time: Four And A Half Centuries Of Conquest And Discovery Among The Maya
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Author: David AdamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the intricate saga of the Maya civilization, tracing four and a half centuries of...
History Of The World: Prehistory To The Renaissance
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Author: Esmond WrightBinding: HardbackPublished: VISCOUNT BOOKS, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and faded on bindingThis authoritative volume chronicles the vast sweep of human civilization, beginning with the...
Warfare In The Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Weapons, Warriors And Warfare In The Ancient Civilisations Of Greece And Rome
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Author: John WarryBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of blockJohn Warry's Warfare In The Classical World chronicles the military...
National Museum: Sculpture - Bronzes - Vases
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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...
Res Publica: Roman Politics And Society According To Cicero
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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...
Treasure: Finding Our Past
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...
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World traces the course of human ingenuity and innovation from the first crude stone tools of our earliest ancestors two and a half...
Peoples Of The Sun: The Civilizations Of Pre-Columbian America
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Author: C.A. BurlandBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the rich and complex societies that flourished across the Americas before European contact. It...
Island Of Isis: Philae, Temple Of The Nile
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Author: William MacquittyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating historical account, Island Of Isis: Philae, Temple Of The Nile, chronicles the enduring legacy...
Pathways To The Gods: The Mystery Of The Andes Lines
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Author: Tony MorrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling work of archaeological investigation, Pathways To The Gods: The Mystery Of The Andes Lines, chronicles the...
The Oxford History Of The Classical World
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Author: John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive overview of the classical world, chronicling the rise and...
A Prehistory Of Australia, New Guinea And Sahul
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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...
The Eagle And The Raven
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Author: Pauline GedgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe historical novel The Eagle And The Raven transports readers to the tumultuous landscape of...
Form In Indigenous Art: Schematisation In The Art Of Aboriginal Australia And Prehistoric Europe
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Author: Peter J. UckoBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd, Humanities Press Inc., 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mild...
River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk
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...
Chariots Of The Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries Of The Past
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Author: Erich Von DanikenBinding: HardbackPublished: SOUVENIR PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work of speculative non-fiction presents a compelling argument...
Life of Christ
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Author: Rev. John Fleetwood, D.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: JAMES SANGSTER & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW., 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner'The Life...
Chekhov Then and Now: The Reception of Chekhov in World Culture
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Since his death in 1904, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's works have had an enormous resonance in different cultures and fields of artistic activity. The essays in this volume examine the various...
Three Essays On Thucydides
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Author: John FinleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured DJ spine. Chipping and light...
Through Greek Eyes
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 Oxford History of Classical Art
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...
The Wisdom Of Bones: In Search Of Human Origins
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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:...
The Care Of The Self: Volume 3 Of The History Of Sexuality
$70.00 AUD
Author: Michel FoucaultBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis profound work of philosophical history chronicles the ethical practices and self-formation in ancient Greek and...
Great People Of The Bible And How They Lived
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Author: Readers DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Digest, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsGreat People Of The Bible And How They Lived presents an insightful examination of pivotal...
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth- Centered Religions
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...
Oxford Bible Atlas
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...
Civilizations Of The Holy Land
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Author: Paul JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Civilizations Of The Holy Land, chronicles the rich and complex tapestry of...
Vanished Civilisations
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Author: Reader's DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Reader's Digest, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'Vanished Civilisations' chronicles the compelling narratives of ancient societies that once flourished and then mysteriously faded from...
The Greek Myths
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...
Prehistory To Politics: John Mulvaney, The Humanities and the Public
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...
Early Europe: Mysteries In Stone
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Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the monumental achievements of prehistoric European civilizations, presenting a fascinating overview of their enigmatic...
The Reasons Of The Laws Of Moses From The 'More Nefochim' Of Maimonides
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Author: James TownleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2000Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a meticulous analysis of Maimonides'...
Apokrimata: Decisions Of Septimius Severus On Legal Matters
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Author: William Linn Westermann And A. Arthur SchillerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, New York, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly...
The Work And Life Of Solon: With A Translation Of His Poems
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Author: Kathleen FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive account of the...
The Oxford History Of The Classical World
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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...
Art And Empire: Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum
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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...
The Reign Of Nero
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Author: Cornelius Tacitus; G. G. Ramsay (trans); Dr A. Osley (intro)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No slipcase. Cornelius Tacitus's The Reign...
By South Cadbury, Is That Camelot...: Excavations At Cadbury Castle 1966-70
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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...
Ancient And Oriental Music
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Author: Egon WelleszBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1957Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThe New Oxford History Of Music:...
The Greek Myths (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Robert GravesBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2005Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume literary and mythological reference presents a commanding retelling and analysis of the complete Greek...
Tao Te Ching
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Author: Lao TzuBinding: HardbackPublished: Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2021Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis foundational work of Chinese philosophy, Tao Te Ching, presents...