Trinacria, 'an Island Outside Time': International Archaeology in Sicily, Hardcover - Christopher Prescott

Trinacria, the ancient name for Sicily extending back to Homeric Greek, has understandably been the focus of decades of archaeological research. Re...

November 2 is a special day in Sicily. The Day of the Dead is considered an important festival, when children receive gifts from the dead and eat s...

Theater outside Athens: Drama in Greek Sicily and South Italy - Kathryn Bosher

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A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fough...

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Provides a new and broader perspective on ancient theater by focusing on its origins and development in Sicily and southern Italy, especially in co...

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This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian,...

Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2, 000 years. A bounty prized by invaders from t...

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Responsible for some of the most magnificent industrial architecture in the UK, this is the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time

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DescriptionThe Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of German...

Unveiled for the first time in this beautifully illustrated book, the newly restored Di Lorenzo del Castelluccio palazzo is one of the finest testa...

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