Ancient History & Archaeology

"The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition" of the greatest classical work of history ever written (Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker) -from the editor of the widely...

'A wonderful book. ' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now The way we think. The...

Visionaries of the 20th Century brings together the lives and works of 100 great men and women who offered inspiration, hope and healing. The 20th century was marked by wars,...

The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and...

For almost three centuries, until 612 BC, the small kingdom of Assyria dominated the Middle East, its empire at one point extending from Iran to Egypt. The story of those...

What is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original...

Authoritative new edition of Plato's Republic by acclaimed translator Christopher Rowe 'We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good...

Deliver me from the Watchers who bear slaughtering knives, and who have cruel fingers . This luxurious silkbound edition presents the classic funerary text, The Egyptian Book of the Dead...

The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as...

Author: Alfred DayBinding: HardbackPublished: Bell & Daldy, 1870Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Damaged boards. Binding fragile. Cracked...

Author: Alexander & Nicholas HumezBinding: HardbackPublished: David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston , 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating non-fiction work, A·B·C Et Cetera: The Life & Times...

Author: Gabrielle Sed-RajnaBinding: HardbackPublished: Chartwell Books, 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAncient Jewish Art by Gabrielle Sed-Rajna presents a comprehensive overview of artistic expressions within ancient Jewish culture....

Author: Lord LyttonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and dull boards. "Sandglass" laid in A vivid historical novel, The Last Days Of...

Author: Katharine Stoddert Gilbert, Joan K/ Holt, Sara HudsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ballantine Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTreasures Of Tutankhamun presents a...

Author: D.M. FieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Chartwell Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some very minor wear and tear at some edgesThis comprehensive volume chronicles...

Author: Robert J. SharerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Stanford University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover.This comprehensive academic work chronicles the rich...

Author: Michael D. CoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the monumental intellectual quest...

Author: Joseph AlsopBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsFrom The Silent Earth: The Greek Bronze Age presents a compelling historical account of a pivotal...

Author: Otto J. Maenchen-HelfenBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, Berkeley, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markings'The World Of The Huns: Studies In Their History...

Author: John HayBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive overview of the archaeological landscape of ancient China....

Author: James ShreeveBinding: PaperbackPublished: William Morrow, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work of scientific inquiry, The Neandertal Enigma: Solving The...

Author: M. Cary And T. J. HaarhoffBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen, 1951Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Award plate on front pastedown. Glue stains on fep. Clean...

Author: Revised By Arthur Hugh CloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Everyman's Library, Dent Dutton, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - minor loss on spine ends. Light...

Author: George M. A. HanfmannBinding: HardbackPublished: London, Michael Joseph, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerGeorge M. A. Hanfmann's Classical Sculpture presents a comprehensive overview of ancient...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books Amsterdam, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative volume The Enterprise Of War presents...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life Books, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, A Soaring Spirit: 600-400 Bc,...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books , 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsEmpires Besieged: Ad 200-600 chronicles a pivotal era...

Author: Charles GallenkampBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller , 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCharles Gallenkamp's Maya: The Riddle And Rediscovery Of A Lost...

Author: Wolfgang CordanBinding: HardbackPublished: Gollancz, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles an immersive journey into the...

Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis monumental reference work, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, presents an unparalleled compendium of...

Author: Vermeersch, Valentin and Jean-Marie Duvosquel (Ed.)Binding: PaperbackPublished: MUSEA NOSTRA, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe volume The Museum Of Ancient Art:...

The glory of ancient Egypt comes alive as never before in this colourful, information-packed book featuring new and detailed recreations of ancient pyramids and temples, plus the history, rituals, language,...

"Was the bombing offensive [against civilians in Germany and Japan] a crime against humanity," writes A. C. Grayling, "or was it justified by the necessities of war? These questions mark...

The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution's moral compass--Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be...

A bold new reconception of ancient Greek drama as a mode of philosophical thinking. The Philosophical Stage offers an innovative approach to ancient Greek literature and thought that places drama...

A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division...

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned...

As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in historyBoswell called him the greatest man...

A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance "Provocative, intriguing and cogently argued."-David Stuttard, Classics for...

A beautifully illustrated children's book detailing the fascinating history of the Great Wall of China Embark on an unforgettable time-travelling journey along one of the world's greatest landmarks- the Great...

This volume features fifteen new papers by an international group of scholars in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on new work in ancient Greek and Roman ethics, epistemology, logic,...

'The truth which we arrive at by means of mathematical proofs is the same truth that is known to divine wisdom.'Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Greatest World Systems, the most...

The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely...

Covering the Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, this remains one of the richest and most fascinating of all Latin histories. Suetonius gathered much of his information from eye-witnesses,...

*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes a glorious, lyrical retelling of one of Norse mythology's greatest epics 'With a brilliant...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. A green horse great and tall; A steed full stiff to guide, In broidered bridle all He worthily...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles , The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There...