Ancient category: 10855 books
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
For Centuries Mysteries Have Intrigued The Human Mind And Remain A Secret. Need Help But Can't Find Any Solution or Even Sign of It? Don't fret, Let The Wonders of This World Be Open To You!
There are many lists that claim to have contained the Seven Wonders of the World. These lists have travelled...
Rome and Environs
An Archaeological Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome...
The Classics Magpie
From chariot-racing hooligans to debauched dinner parties - a miscellany that shakes the dust off the ancient world
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the ‘wandering womb’? Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye...
Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World
The Nickle Numismatic Papers
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Through the ages, coins have been more than a common standard or a means of exchange between peoples for goods and services. The development of coinage gave men freedom to move beyond their communities, served as a propaganda tool for advancing armies and visually showed people the source of politics...
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 23 and 24
Invention of the Barbarian and Greek Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group:
Invention of the Barbarianby Alastair Thorley
Greek Artby Athina Mitropoulos and...
by Trevor Bryce
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the Great, it later provided the...
Women in Antiquity
Real Women across the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost...
The Atlantis Blueprint
Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long-Lost Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
A spellbinding blend of history and science, scholarship and speculation, this landmark work presents startling new evidence that traces archaeology's most enduring mysteries back to the lost civilization of Atlantis....
The Great Pyramid. Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. For centuries, these and...
Antiquity
Greeks and Romans in Context
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world.
Innovative approach organizes Greek and Roman history into a single chronology
Combines the traditional...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I.
M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in
this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East,
Central Asia, India, and China. Diakonoff and his
colleagues, nearly all working within the general Marxist
historiographic...
by Geoffrey Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The general history of ancient Greece and Rome is traced separately and then their contribution to the West is looked at under the headings Gods, Rulers, Thinkers, Writers, Artists and Historians. This is the first in a five volume History of the West that is published at the same time. One theme...
Dining Posture in Ancient Rome
Bodies, Values, and Status
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
What was really going on at Roman banquets? In this lively new book, veteran Romanist Matthew Roller looks at a little-explored feature of Roman culture: dining posture. In ancient Rome, where dining was an indicator of social position as well as an extended social occasion, dining posture offered...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
*Discusses the legends surrounding Constantine's conversion to Christianity*Includes excerpts from Eusebius's biography of Constantine.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. “By keeping the Divine...
by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Ancient Greece was never just one nation: it was a disparate collection of independent city-states, often embroiled in war with each other, with separate governments, their own armies and distinct politics, economies and societies. However, together these vibrant and diverse peoples made one of the...