Ancient History & Archaeology

This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom's Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights...

Author: Henri FrankfortBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pelican, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative art history text, "The Art and Architecture of the Ancient...

Author: Roloff BenyBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Thames and Hudson, 1962Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis captivating travelogue and photography collection, "A Time of Gods:...

Author: St. Cyprian; G. W. ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Newman, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clarke's signed ephemeras laid-in. The four-volume set The...

Author: HammondBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbing on edges....

Author: Theodore H. FederBinding: HardbackPublished: Abbeville, 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis art history volume, "Great Treasures of Pompeii & Herculaneum" by Theodore H. Feder, presents a comprehensive...

Author: Dr Timothy PottsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian National Gallery, 1990Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAncient treasures from the British Museum.

Author: Australian Gallery Directors' CouncilBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Gallery Directors' Council, 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Plastic covering adhered to book.This compelling work of historical non-fiction vividly...

Author: Erich Von DänikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerIn this work of speculative non-fiction, Erich Von Däniken presents...

Author: Erich Von DanikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor bumps and chips to DJ and slight...

Author: L. Sprague De Camp & Catherine C. De CampBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Limited., 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis non-fiction work, "Ancient Ruins And...

Author: Jerry M. LandayBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis academic text presents an archaeological journey through...

Author: Joel SchmidtBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill Book Company., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive reference work, "Larousse Greek And Roman...

Author: Alberto SiliottiBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAlberto Siliotti's "The Pyramids" is a comprehensive non-fiction work that meticulously details the history, construction,...

Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: London: Burns & Oates, 1887Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rare and collectible, valued for...

Author: Sir Thomas HeathBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSir Thomas Heath’s A History of Greek Mathematics, reprinted in...

Author: Erich Von DänikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed DJ with minor bumps, yellowed end-pages.In this work of speculative non-fiction,...

Author: Michael GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Grant Publications - BCE., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMichael Grant's "The Etruscans" is a comprehensive work of non-fiction that meticulously details...

Author: Sinclair HoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Yellowed...

Author: John Ormond RandellBinding: HardbackPublished: Queensberry Hill Press, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis is the story of a Victorian sheep station, first established in 1838 as part of a...

Author: Sylvia L. HorwitzBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking, New York, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed...

Author: Barbara W. TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Funk & Wagnalls , 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed dust jacket with slight tear,...

Author: Rowena RobertsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria., 2019Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsTerracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality by Edward Burman...

Author: Andrew TomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Sun faded...

Author: Karl KautskyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Current Book Distributors, 1940Condition:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Spine repaired with tape. Some moisture damage. This academic...

Author: Holger KerstenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Element Book Ltd, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical and theological work presents a controversial theory regarding...

Author: Lucretius; Translated by Sir Ronald Melville. Introduction and Notes by Don and Peta Fowler. Preface by A. C. Grayling. Frontispiece by Simon Brett. Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2003Condition:Book:...

Author: Erich Von Däniken; Michael Heron [Translator]Binding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this work of speculative non-fiction, Erich Von Däniken presents his controversial...

We all know the story: a couple (naked) in a beautiful garden, surrounded by peaceful animals and only themselves to please--an idyllic existence. Enter a talking snake, the offer of...

This lively and original guidebook offers an invitation to the study of Greek philosophy and signposts to lead the student deeper. The reader is drawn in to the questions the...

Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under...

This book examines the theories and arguments put forward by Plato in his `Phaedo', in which he attempts to show that the soul is immortal. Chiefly intended for readers who...

In the Theaetetus, Plato looks afresh at a problem to which, he now realizes, he had earlier given an inadequate answer: the problem of the nature of knowledge. What Plato...

Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the...

A comprehensive account of the military career of one of the great and tragic figures from the final death throes of the Swedish empire. Charles XII's planned conquest of Norway...

Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his 'Histories' are the first piece of Western historical writing....

On paths, roads, seas, in the air, and in space there has never been so much human movement. In contrast we think of the past as static, 'frozen in time'....

Fourteen papers explore a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the Viking past, both in Scandinavia and in the Viking diaspora. Contributions employ both traditional inter- or multi-disciplinarian perspectives such...

A captivating treasure of a novel about Clemmie, a young Victorian Egyptologist, and her entanglement with the legend of the goddess, Nephthys. 'Brilliant... I loved it.' Santa Montefiore SISTER. RIVAL....

Companion to the recent title, Mythology, in the bestselling Ology series. With 25 chapters packed full of information on ancient Greek gods, monsters, heroes, and culture as a whole, plus...

This in-depth visual guide, Warriors of the Ancient Greek World, boasts over 140 lavishly detailed photographed and illustrated recreations of the warrior panoplies of the fifth and fourth centuries BC....

From antiquity, when the Great Pyramid was revered as a wonder of the ancient world, to the Cleopatra of Shakespeare's stage, and from the medieval Arab scholars who sought hieroglyphs'...

With the death of Nero by his own shaky hand, the ill-sorted, ill-starred Iulio-Claudian dynasty came to an ignominious end, and Rome was up for the taking. This was 9...

The Vikings had an extraordinary historical impact. From the eighth to the eleventh centuries, they ranged across Europe - raiding, exploring, colonizing - and their presence was felt as far...

On 11 June 323 BC in Babylon, Alexander the Great breathed his last. He left one of the largest empires the world had seen, stretching from Greece to the Punjab....