Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: Aubrey MenenBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marked wear and yellowing of external and internal cover;...

Author: E. R. ChamberlinBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and yellowing of external dust cover and internal cover; pages in good...

Author: E. R. ChamberlinBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME LIFE BOOKS, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and yellowing on external dust cover; pages in good conditionThe Great Cities:...

Author: Brook AndrewBinding: HardbackPublished: Ian Potter Museum of Art, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markings*Sanctuary: Tombs of the Outcasts* (2015) by Australian artist Brook Andrew was an exhibition at the...

A narrative account of the Classical Thracian gladiator chronicles his gladiatorial school training, post-escape leadership of a growing army of slaves and defeat of major Roman armies before his capture...

The story of this spectacular era is still unfolding; the land has yet to divulge all of its secrets. Ancient Egypt: Kingdom Of The Pharaohs relates the story to date,...

This book tackles how and why 'landscape' (farms, gardens, countryside) set the scene in the first centuries BCE and CE for Romans keen to talk up and about (but also...

At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation of Rome takes as its starting point a series of accounts of Rome's origins...

David Castriota examines one of the most important monuments of early Roman Imperial art, the Ara Pacis Augustae, the sculptured marble altar built to celebrate the peace, prosperity, and stability...

When the first edition of "Stonehenge Complete" was published, it won the British Archaeological Book Award. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries: speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and...

Author: E. O. JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom Caves To New York chronicles a fascinating journey, tracing the evolution of human habitation...

Author: Joan M. FraynBinding: HardbackPublished: Centaur Press, Fontwell, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some foxing on DJThis scholarly work, Subsistence Farming In Roman Italy, meticulously...

Author: Donald StrongBinding: HardbackPublished: The Pelican History of Art, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDonald Strong's Roman Art presents a comprehensive overview of artistic achievements during the Roman Empire....

Author: Robert E. A. PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some markings on dust jacket and tape residue markings on FEP....

Author: Pierre GrimalBinding: HardbackPublished: Evans Brothers Limited, 1964Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerIn In Search Of Ancient Italy, Pierre Grimal...

Author: David Knowles And J. K. S. St JosephBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis work presents...

Author: William GauntBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE STUDIO LONDON, 1926Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear, minor loosening of spineWilliam Gaunt's Rome: Past...

Author: Peter BondanellaBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of North Carolina Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor creasing on external dust jacketThis scholarly work chronicles the profound and...

Author: John PercivalBinding: HardbackPublished: B.T. Batsford LTD, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General yellowing of cover and internal pagesThe acclaimed work The Roman Villa by John Percival...

Author: N.H.H. SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Paladin, 1984Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The World The Romans Knew, chronicles the vast geographical and cultural landscape as perceived by the...

Author: R. Ross HollowayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge, 1996Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work, The Archaeology Of Early Rome And Latium, meticulously...

Author: Frank G. SlaughterBinding: HardbackPublished: JARROLDS, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and browning of external cover and spine, pages still in tact and in good conditionThis...

Author: M. I. FinleyBinding: HardbackPublished: CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsM. I. Finley's The World Of Odysseus presents a compelling reconstruction of the society...

Roman Public Buildings was first published in the Exeter Studies in History series in 1989. It examines the development of Roman architecture and the significance of different types of buildings...

Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian...

One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a...

What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book -...

The book titled The Roman Forum Site in London: Discoveries Before 1985 by the author Museum of London. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social...

Author: Bernard AndreaeBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN LONDON LIMITED, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor yellowing of external dust jacketThis authoritative volume chronicles the magnificent artistic achievements of...

Author: K.D. WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some tears to DJ, top-edge discoloured...

A history of the development of Roman gardens from humble vegetable patches to the sophisticated formats seen at the height of the empire. Domestic, public, town and country gardens are...

Houses are often assumed to be reliable mirrors of society, fossils of family structures, social hierarchies and mental maps of worlds now vanished. This is particularly true of the elite...

Author: Monuque Seerfried, Giuseppe DonatoBinding: PaperbackPublished: Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Dello Stato, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor markings to FEP, some bends to cover.-

Author: Ernest NashBinding: HardbackPublished: Hacker Art Books, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed boards. Light bumping on corners. Internally...

Author: VariousBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased cover. The Antiquaries Journal presents a scholarly collection of...

Author: C.W. CeramBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction work chronicles the fascinating evolution of archaeological discovery, presenting a vivid narrative...

Intended as a companion to "Roman Public Buildings"(0-85989-239-5) by the same editor, this volume completes the architectural picture of Roman society. The text covers the political, social and economic significance...

Andrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines over the past few decades. In this book, he presents his most important findings and ideas,...

In this lavishly illustrated book Richard Rudgley gives a lively account of his journey across the continents and back through time in search of the lost legacy of prehistoric man....

"Studies in Ancient Technology" forms a series of books, each containing a number of essays on ancient technology, covering both the preclassical and classical period and demonstrating the continuity and...

he authors of this text, originally published in England in 1991, are young scholars who present no less than a "chronological revolution." After tracing the development of Old World chronology,...

The Industrial Heritage: Managing Resources and Uses is the first integrated approach to the assessment, conservation, interpretation, financing and management for the complex heritage of industrial cultures. It breaks new...

Here, the Egyptian pyramids provide the inspiration for another book, although this one is not, and does not claim to be, thoroughly up-to-date. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this...

Author: Lynn And Gray PooleBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical biography chronicles the intertwined lives of Heinrich...

Author: J. StevensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments Of Early Christianity, presents a meticulous examination of the...