Ancient History & Archaeology

As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty...

Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo return for a new thrilling adventure North Africa, 533 A.D. The last Vandal ruler faces the invading Byzantines. An oracle predicts defeat unless...

"The Treasures of Ancient Egypt" is a succinct but wide-ranging history of our search for knowledge about Ancient Egypt, a time-traveller's account of the story. It traces the interest in...

Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize and the Thwaites Wainwright Prize This is a book about the encounter with Roman Britain- about what the idea of Roman Britain has...

Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar , the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against...

In The Son of Neptune , Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete...

In 1991 occurred the chance discovery of an "ice man" in the Otztaler Alps on the Austrian-Italian border. This almost perfectly preserved corpse of a neolithic hunter who died some...

Author: The Abbé Constant FouardBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cloth with...

Author: Dorothy L. SayersBinding: HardbackPublished: Vicotor Gollancz Ltd, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Blue cloth with bumping on spine and corners. Foxed DJ with...

Author: Michael GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1978Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Markings on cloth. Clean text. Michael Grant's "History Of Rome" chronicles the rise and fall of...

Author: T. E. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2010Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCrusader Castles presents a meticulous examination of the formidable fortifications erected during the Crusades. This...

Author: H. D. RankinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen & Co, 1969Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover. Light foxing on book...

Author: M. CaryBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co Ltd; St Martin's Press, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded...

Author: Michael GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: Chancellor Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography chronicles the extraordinary life and political machinations of one of Rome's most iconic...

Author: Stuart PiggottBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket clippedIn "The Druids," Stuart Piggott uncovers the enigmatic world of these ancient...

Author: Erich Von DänikenBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear and some small pieces missing, price clipped, cloth cover...

Author: Erich Von Däniken, Michael Heron (trans)Binding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1977Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, book otherwise in excellent conditionA compelling...

Author: Erich Von Daniken, Michael Heron (trans)Binding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some general wear and tear around edges and...

Author: Erich Von Däniken, Michael Heron (trans)Binding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1973Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous bookseller sticker insideThis book presents a compelling argument for extraterrestrial...

Author: George HowieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Collier Macmillan, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has wear along edges and spine, some staining on one area of...

Author: P.H. NewbyBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWarrior Pharaohs: The Rise And Fall Of The Egyptian Empire chronicles the tumultuous history of ancient Egypt,...

Author: James Graham-Campbell And Dafydd KiddBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Musum, London, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover. Clean text. The authoritative...

Author: Hyam MaccobyBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, light foxing along page edges top and side page edges have...

Author: John RomerBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1988Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has water stain on spine bottom cornerTestament: The Bible And History chronicles the intricate...

Author: National Gallery of VictoriaBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has tanning along spine and general wear, previous...

Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1962Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fold-out maps intact. A captivating work of...

Author: Peter CroftBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis vibrant volume presents a comprehensive overview of the rich tapestry of Roman mythology, bringing to life...

Author: Richard HumbleBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Book Club Associates, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRichard Humble's "Warfare In The Ancient World" chronicles the evolution of military strategy and...

Author: F. W. FarrarBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight lean to...

Author: TacitusBinding: HardbackPublished: The Franklin Library, 1982Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Annals Of Tacitus" chronicles the reigns of Roman emperors from Tiberius to Nero, offering a penetrating look...

Author: Fernando F. SalazarBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cusco, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has light wear to front bottom spine edgeCusco And The Sacred...

A study of the vital role played by the sounds and reverberations of locations chosen or built thousands of years ago by our acoustically-aware ancestors, for intoning prayers, making prophecies...

Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-emperor who ruled the Roman Empire between AD 161 and 180, is one of the best recorded individuals from antiquity. Even his face became more than usually...

One of the longest and most dramatic trade routes of the ancient world, the Tea Horse Road carried a crucial exchange for 13 centuries between China and Tibet. China needed...

Channel 4's perennially popular Time Team take us on an archaeological sight-seeing tour of Britain and Ireland. Region by region, they select the most interesting and important sites which are...

The Story of Archaeology tells the thrilling and fascinating tale of modern archaeology from its earliest beginnings to the present through 50 chronologically arranged profiles of iconic excavations - from...

Plato is the most widely studied, and probably the greatest, philosopher of all time. He asked his contemporary Athenians for answers to all of the difficult and troubling questions that...

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...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...

On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that...

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. This is their story. When Cyrus, brother to the Great King of Persia, attempts to overthrow his reckless sibling,...

Explores the many ways in which the earth has been transformed by human effort throughout history. This book highlights the formal and functional characteristics of earthworks, and explores how people...

'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial...

At last, a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. In How to Manage Your Slaves , Marcus Sidonius Falx offers practical advice, showing where and how to buy...

From the author of the Pegasus series comes a spellbinding first book in a new fantasy series for fans of Rick Riordan and Shannon Messenger following two cousins whose summer...

*A FINANCIAL TIMES , GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One...