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Mrs. Naunakhte & Family: The Women of Ramesside Deir Al-Medina by Koenraad Donker van Heel 9789774167737
£32.89The so-called Will of Naunakhte (1154 BCE) has become rightly famous in Egyptology. So where did she come from and what really happened to her eight surviving children, four of whom were daughters? By carefully studying the documents mentioning members... -
Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics by Stephen T. Newmyer 9780415240475
RRP: £37.99£33.38This groundbreaking volume explores Plutarch's unique survival in the argument that animals are rational and sentient, and that we, as humans, must take notice of their interests.Exploring Plutarch's three animal-related treatises, as well as passages... -
The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians by O.F. Robinson
RRP: £39.99£35.06The notion and understanding of law penetrated society in Ancient Rome to a degree unparalleled in modern times. The poet Juvenal, for instance, described the virtuous man as a good soldier, faithful guardian, incorruptible judge and honest witness.This... -
Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection by Carole Straw
RRP: £29.00£22.54Gregory I (590-604) is often considered the first medieval pope and the first exponent of a truly medieval spirituality. Carole Straw places Gregory in his historical context and considers the many facets of his personality--monk, preacher, and pope--in... -
The Roman Book of Gardening by John Henderson
RRP: £35.99£31.69The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries.In... -
Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy by Richard Duncan-Jones 9780521892896
RRP: £39.99£33.26This book by the author of The Economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative Studies considers important interlocking themes. Did the Roman Empire have a single 'national' economy, or was its economy localised and fragmented? Can coin and pottery survivals... -
A Short History of Roman Law by Olga Tellegen-Couperus
RRP: £43.99£38.44The most important creation of the Romans was their law. In this book, Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which the Roman jurists created and developed law and the way in which Roman law has come down to us. Special attention is given to questions... -
The Archaeological Survey of the Desert Roads between Berenike and the Nile Valley: Expeditions by the University of Michigan and the University of Delaware to the Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1987-2015 by Steven E. Sidebotham
RRP: £73.00£70.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780897571098Author Steven E. SidebothamFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint American Schools of Oriental ResearchPublisher American Schools of Oriental... -
Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography by Susanna Harris
£63.13This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reliefs and... -
The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus: A Sixth-Century Sourcebook by Cassiodorus
RRP: £25.00£19.59One of the great Christian scholars of antiquity and a high-ranking public official under Theoderic, King of the Ostrogoths, Cassiodorus compiled edicts, diplomatic letters, and legal documents while in office. The collection of his writings, the Variae,... -
Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt by Campbell Price 9780500294086
RRP: £17.95£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500294086Author Campbell PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Thames & HudsonPublisher Thames & HudsonWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 183mm *... -
Cornelia: Mother of the Gracchi Suzanne Dixon (University of Queensland, Australia) 9780415331487
RRP: £37.99£33.38Examining the remarkable life of Cornelia, famed as the epitome of virtue, fidelity and intelligence, Suzanne Dixon presents an in-depth study of the woman who perhaps represented the ideal of the Roman matrona more than any other.Studying her life... -
Roman Perspectives: Studies in Political and Cultural History, from the First to the Fifth Century by John Matthews 9781905125395
RRP: £65.00£62.07The fifteen papers in this volume discuss issues of Roman social, cultural and political history from the foundation of the Principate to the age of barbarian settlements of the west. Working imaginatively from within the diverse evidence, they show the... -
Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity by Jennifer Barry 9780520300378
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were considered cowards or, worse yet, heretics... -
Boundary Stelae Of Akhentaten by William J. Murnane
RRP: £45.99£39.68First published in 1993. This is a new edition of Akhaenaten's boundary stelae, which now includes information about most of the boundary markers, the tablets were accompanied by statues of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and two of their daughters, all of which... -
Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou 9780674726765
RRP: £20.95£16.88The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European "book." It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth... -
Omens and Oracles: Divination in Ancient Greece by Matthew Dillon 9780367594985
RRP: £39.99£35.46Addressing the role which divination played in ancient Greek society, this volume deals with various forms of prophecy and how each was utilised and for what purpose. Chapters bring together key types of divining, such as from birds, celestial phenomena,... -
War and Society in the Greek World John Rich 9780415121668
RRP: £37.99£33.38The role of warfare is central to our understanding of the ancient Greek world. In this book and the companion work, War and Society in the Roman World, the wider social context of war is explored. This volume examines its impact on Greek society from... -
Your Praise is Sweet: A Memorial Volume for Jeremy Black from Students, Colleagues and Friends by Heather D. Baker 9780903472289
RRP: £35.00£33.83This volume is intended as a tribute to the memory of the Sumerologist Jeremy Black, who died in 2004. The Sumerian phrase za-mi-zu dug-ga-am 'Your praise is sweet' is commonly addressed to a deity at the close of a work of Sumerian literature. The... -
Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World: From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE by Jelle Bruning
RRP: £90.00£81.43During the period 500-1000 CE Egypt was successively part of the Byzantine, Persian and Islamic empires. All kinds of events, developments and processes occurred that would greatly affect its history and that of the eastern Mediterranean in general. This... -
Children and Childhood in Roman Italy by Beryl Rawson 9780199285174
£52.68Concepts of childhood and the treatment of children are often used as a barometer of society's humanity, values, and priorities. Children and Childhood in Roman Italy argues that in Roman society children were, in principle and often in practice,... -
Virgil's Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance by L. B. T. Houghton 9781108499927
RRP: £106.00£95.60Virgil's fourth Eclogue is one of the most quoted, adapted and discussed works of classical literature. This study traces the fortunes of Eclogue 4 in the literature and art of the Italian Renaissance. It sheds new light on some of the most canonical... -
The Hera of Zeus: Intimate Enemy, Ultimate Spouse by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
RRP: £90.00£81.43The goddess Hera is represented in mythology as an irascible wife and imperfect mother in the face of a frivolous Zeus. Beginning with the Iliad, many narrative traditions depict her wrath, the infidelities of her royal husband and the persecutions to... -
Literacy and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens by Anna Missiou 9780521111409
RRP: £57.00£51.13Who wrote the administrative documents of Athens? Was literacy extensive in ancient Attika? Were inscriptions, those on stone or pieces of pottery (ostraka), written, read and comprehended by common people? In this book Anna Missiou gives full... -
Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 BC Michael Rice 9780415268752
RRP: £39.99£35.06Already a classic and widely used text, this second edition has been wholly revised and updated in the light of the many discoveries made since its first publication. Michael Rice's bold and original work evokes the fascination and wonder of the most... -
Ritual Landscape and Performance: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ritual Landscape and Performance, Yale University, September 23-24, 2016 by Christina Geisen
RRP: £42.00£39.51Ritual Landscape and Performance contains the Egyptological contributions from a conference held at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations of Yale University on September 23-24, 2016. The various articles discuss the use of ritual... -
The Mycenaean Feast by James C. Wright 9780876619513
RRP: £20.00£19.21The large-scale, formal consumption of huge quantities of food and drink is a feature of many societies, but extracting evidence for feasting from the archaeological record has, until recently, been problematic. Now new techniques of scientific analysis... -
Argos and the Argolid (Routledge Revivals): From the End of the Bronze Age to the Roman Occupation Richard A Tomlinson 9781138019935
RRP: £49.99£43.50Argos and the Argolid, first published in 1972, presents a study of the history and achievements of the Argives, who have hitherto been largely neglected: partly because Classical Argos is overshadowed by the legends of an earlier millennium, and partly... -
The Ancient Mesopotamian City by Marc van de Mieroop 9780198152866
RRP: £75.00£61.45Urban history starts in Mesopotamia: the earliest known cities developed there as a result of long indigenous processes and, for millennia, the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization. Marc Van De Mieroop examines urban life in the... -
Kellis: A Roman-Period Village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis by Colin A. Hope
RRP: £109.99£99.73Kellis was a village in the Dakhleh Oasis in the Egyptian Western Desert inhabited continuously from the first to the late fourth century AD. Previously unexcavated, it has in recent decades yielded a wealth of data unsurpassed by most sites of the... -
Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul: Strategies for Survival in an Age of Transition by Ralph Mathisen 9780292729834
RRP: £22.99£20.01Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W... -
Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation by John R. Bartlett 9780415141147
RRP: £37.99£33.38The contributors in this book use the most recent research in key areas - the early settlements of Israel, early Israelite religion, Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian churches - to show that ancient writings and modern archaeology can illuminate each... -
The Mask of Socrates: The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity by Paul Zanker 9780520301955
RRP: £42.00£33.04This richly illustrated work provides a new and deeper perspective on the interaction of visual representation and classical culture from the fifth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Drawing on a variety of source materials, including Greco-Roman... -
War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes' Athens by Peter Hunt
RRP: £30.99£22.85Every Athenian alliance, every declaration of war, and every peace treaty was instituted by a decision of the assembly, where citizens voted after listening to speeches that presented varied and often opposing arguments about the best course of action... -
What Makes a Church Sacred?: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity by Mary K. Farag
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. Farag persuasively demonstrates that three groups in late antiquity were concerned with these questions:... -
Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece by Donald M. Kagan 9780691143019
RRP: £48.00£38.00Men of Bronze takes up one of the most important and fiercely debated subjects in ancient history and classics: how did archaic Greek hoplites fight, and what role, if any, did hoplite warfare play in shaping the Greek polis? In the nineteenth century,... -
Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens: Teaching Imperial Lessons Sophie Mills 9781032474731
RRP: £37.99£33.38This study centres on the rhetoric of the Athenian empire, Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War and the notable discrepancies between his assessment of Athens and that found in tragedy, funeral orations and public art. Mills explores the... -
She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon by Cristina Mazzoni
RRP: £19.99£16.18Since antiquity, the she-wolf has served as the potent symbol of Rome. For more than two thousand years, the legendary animal that rescued Romulus and Remus has been the subject of historical and political accounts, literary treatments in poetry and... -
Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought by Deborah Tarn Steiner 9780691094885
RRP: £55.00£42.91In archaic and classical Greece, statues played a constant role in people's religious, political, economic, aesthetic, and mental lives. Evidence of many kinds demonstrates that ancient Greeks thought about--and interacted with--statues in ways very... -
Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche: Archetypes Evolving by Virginia Beane Rutter
RRP: £42.99£37.59Between ancient Greece and modern psyche lies a divide of not only three thousand years, but two cultures that are worlds apart in art, technology, economics and the accelerating flood of historical events. This unique collection of essays from an...