Antiquities category: 284 books
Bible Nation
The United States of Hobby Lobby
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a “Bible nation”
The Greens of Oklahoma City—the billionaire owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores—are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to...
The Book of Jubilees (The Little Genesis, The Apocalypse of Moses)
Old Testament / Apocrypha / Pseudepigrapha
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
The Book of Jubilees is a new (2011), easy-to-read translation by ancient languages scholar Dr. A. Nyland and is NOT one of the many century-old public domain translations NOR is it a reworded public domain version. The Book of Jubilees is of great interest to students of antiquities and archaeology...
The Ark of the Covenant - Investigating the Ten Leading Claims, Including Pharaoh Shishak’s Siege of Solomon’s Temple, Ethiopia’s Ark, the Garden Tomb Legend
And: Jerusalem's Secret Temple Chamber, the Copper Scroll & Knights Templar, Parker's 1911 Dig, the Lemba Jews, Mount Sinai / Nebo, and Tutankhamun's Golden Ark
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
What happened to the Ark of the Covenant? The mystery of the Bible’s lost Ark has led to many myths, theories and claims being made, but do any of them have a shred of credibility? Now, join two explorers as they investigate the ten major theories concerning the location of antiquities greatest...
Monumental Bali
Introduction to Balinese Archaeology & Guide to the Monuments
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Monumental Bali describes a formative period in Balinese history through a study of the island's fascinating antiquities.
This classic work provides the key to understanding Bali's most famous monuments, including the "Elephant Cave" near Ubud, the "Royal Tombs" at Gunung...
Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus
The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000...
The Lost Gospel
The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
Judas Iscariot.
He’s been hated and reviled through the ages as Jesus Christ’s betrayer– the close friend who sells him out for 30 pieces of silver.
But history also records other information about Judas Iscariot. One such reference was written in 180 by an influential Church Father...
by E. A. Wallis Budge
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to...
by E. A. Wallis Budge
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and...
by Peter Daughtrey
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Delve into an ancient mystery and witness the unveiling of the most complete and persuasive evidence for the real location of the lost empire of Atlantis.
More than two thousand years ago, Plato laid out a series of cryptic clues about the location of Atlantis. Since then, countless experts...
by Mary Beard
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity.
Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows...
Living with the Gods
On Beliefs and Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation—the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.
Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence...
The Fifth Sun
Aztec Gods, Aztec World
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The ancient Aztecs dwelt at the center of a dazzling and complex cosmos. From this position they were acutely receptive to the demands of their gods. The Fifth Sun represents a dramatic overview of the Aztec conception of the universe and the gods who populated it—Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent;...
There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ
Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2005
"There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in...
Prehistory
The Making of the Human Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time here on earth. But Renfrew also opens up to discussion, and even debate, the term “prehistory”...