Classical Archaeology

The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and two new essa...

Reducere. The archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome is referred to as classical archaeology. It is conce...

Reducere. In the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking...

A Brief History of Archaeology details early digs and covers the development of archaeology as a multidisciplinary science, the modernization of me...

Reducere. The Earliest Egyptian creation stories are not just similar to the book of Genesis, they are the same; in time they became convoluted, conflated an...

An illustrated tour of the great centres of classical civilisation featuring 120 specially-drawn maps tracing the major sites and features of each ...

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Explores the archaeological remains of housing in the Greek and Roman worlds, using written evidence and artistic representations to set them in a ...

Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and de...

Subtitled, }The Epic History Of Greece & Rome{. A comprehensive and enthralling introduction to the Classical World, that spans almost a thousand y...

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Disgusted by slavery and the Mexican War, Thoreau gave lectures on, "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in relation to Government, " which bec...

About 24, 000 figurines and fragments have been found on Acrocorinth, and this study greatly increases our understanding of the way in which this a...

Reducere. Scholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken piecemeal. Deborah Kamen provi...

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Accessible history of the Normans - the only people to ever invade the British Isles

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This collection of fourteen essays explores how the dominant media of our time - film and television - have engaged with the golden age as formulat...

Publisher: Forgotten BooksAuthor(s): William Belmont ParkerIllustration(s): 409 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 460Pu...

All of human experience flows from bodies that feel, express emotion, and think about what such experiences mean. But is it possible for us, embodi...

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese Vol. I focus on regional developments and interregional relations in western Asia Minor and the Dodekanese d...

Some of Oklahoma City s earliest famous restaurants included a side of gambling, bootlegging and mayhem. Cattlemen s Cafe changed hands by a roll o...

From little table tricks to grand illusions, this how-to book by a famed performer and author offers something for every aspiring magician. More th...

Classical Athens boasted one of the most impressive flowerings of civilisation ever known, with original and influential achievements in literature...

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle ...

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Ejnar MikkelsenIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

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DescriptionThe type of monumental tomb that developed in Macedonia in the late Classical period was undoubtedly the most impressive of all the Gree...

A collection of essays addressing the relevance, explanatory power, and exclusionary effects of the technical vocabulary of rhetorical theory.Publi...

Critical Visions in Film Theory is a new book for a new generation, embracing groundbreaking approaches in the field without ignoring the history o...

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The first full treatment of women and warfare in Classical Greece and Rome. Addresses the neglected subject of the role of women in war in the Clas...

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to Classical history, myth and the ancient world.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Dr Step...

A collection of essays addressing the relevance, explanatory power, and exclusionary effects of the technical vocabulary of rhetorical theory.Publi...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Philip HardieIllustration(s): 23 color + 48 b/w illus.Number of pages: 400Collection: E. H. Gombric...

This book traces the Clann Meic-bethad or Clan MacBeth whose members practised medicine in the classic Gaelic tradition in various parts of Scotlan...

The Tudor dynasty's rise and fall and rise again in the years before the Battle of Bosworth

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This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augu...

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Capturing the stark contrast of bursting artistic energy with the post-WWII city, London, Reign Over Me reveals why classic rock 'n' roll could onl...

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DescriptionClassic horror movie fans are familiar with the classic movie posters and images from the 1930s Golden Age of Horror, but this fascinati...

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Revolt on the Clyde is William Gallacher's eye witness account of these tumultuous events - and more - in an era that helped put the 'Red' into 'Re...

Description'History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon', said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especi...

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Brilliantly-illustrated reference work to the key battles fought from ancient times up to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 arranged in chronological ...

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Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Publisher: Getty Trus...

Reducere. Volume II of David B. Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought covers a vital 500-year stretch in China's history, from national unificatio...

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DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

Reducere. DescriptionBritish author Barry Atkinson (You're Not Old Enough Son; Indie Horrors ) plunges us into a cinematic world dominated by the atomic bomb...

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In 2006, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens celebrates seventy five years of archaeological work in the Athenian Agora, the civic c...