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Treasures of Egypt: A Legacy in Photographs, From the Pyramids to Tutankhamun by National Geographic
RRP: $70.20$47.03Drawn from National Geographic's unparalleled image collection, the photographs in this breathtaking volume celebrate the vibrant beauty and rich cultural heritage of Egypt on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tuts tomb... -
Complete Letters by Pliny the Younger
RRP: $21.43$15.15'Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his friend Septicius Clarus...' In these letters to his friends and relations, Pliny provides a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. Part autobiography, part social history, they document the... -
Entering Hekate's Garden: The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft by Cyndi Brannen
RRP: $38.98$31.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637225Author Cyndi BrannenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g -
Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Shaw
RRP: $17.53$12.58Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination -- mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt,... -
Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins by Paul Pettitt
RRP: $48.75$32.72An expert palaeoarchaeologist reveals how our understanding of the evolution of our species has been transformed by momentous discoveries and technological advancements. Who are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species... -
Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Robin Osborne 9780192842022
RRP: $45.81$32.39This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols and images... -
Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin: A Guide through Roman History Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK) 9781474269162
RRP: $29.23$26.40This volume is designed to accompany the OCR A-Level specification in Latin (first teaching September 2016), with practice unseen passages from Livy, the set prose for Paper 1, together with passages from a selection of other writers to support Paper 2,... -
Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius by Adrastos Omissi
RRP: $64.33$58.46Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius examines one of the most important literatures of the late Roman period - speeches of praise addressed to the reigning emperor - and the panegyrical culture of the late Roman world more generally. Unlike ... -
Glory of Rome: (Gaius Valerius Verrens 8) by Douglas Jackson
RRP: $21.43$15.15A riveting and all-action historical page-turner from bestselling author Douglas Jackson that will have you gripped from page one! Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane.Readers are loving Gaius Valerius Verrens! "The best Roman historical series... -
Bronze Age Greek Warrior 1600-1100 BC Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781849081955
RRP: $29.23$21.35More than a century has passed past since German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the treasures of Bronze Age Mycenae. The richly decorated artefacts of the entombed warriors, whose bodies still lay in their graves, confirmed that Homer's epic... -
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by James Romm
RRP: $48.75$33.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079674Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Inca: Lost Civilizations by Kevin Lane 9781789145465
RRP: $35.10$25.27From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle... -
The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity by Robert Louis Wilken
RRP: $38.98$33.87An authoritative and poignant account of the first millennium of Christian history How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited, culturally, politically, and... -
The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape by Melanie Jonasch 9781789253566
$106.86The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the... -
Doggerland: Lost World under the North Sea by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz
$99.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464261134Author Luc W.S.W. AmkreutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press -
Classical Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 1 by Peter Adamson
RRP: $44.83$32.53Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History... -
Women in Greek Myth by Mary R. Lefkowitz 9780715635650
$53.43In the first edition of "Women in Greek Myth", published in 1986, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the... -
The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe by Chris Fowler 9780198832492
$96.17The Neolithic --a period in which the first sedentary agrarian communities were established across much of Europe--has been a key topic of archaeological research for over a century. However, the variety of evidence across Europe, the range of languages... -
Vikings in Scotland: An Archaeological Survey by James Graham-Campbell
RRP: $60.45$50.80This book provides a full overview of the archaeology of the Vikings in Scotland, incorporating many results from the recent period of intense fieldwork and excavation. This work has necessitated a thorough re-appraisal of our knowledge of the process,... -
A History of the Classical Greek World: 478 - 323 Bc by P. J. Rhodes
RRP: $66.20$59.24Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the 'classical' period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC... -
Homer: Iliad Book I by Seth L. Schein
RRP: $38.98$34.34Book I of the Iliad marks the beginning of the first surviving work of Greek literature. This edition with commentary enables readers at all levels to interpret the poetry with heightened pleasure and understanding. It provides help with the morphology,... -
Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark: Amazing Revelations of the Incredible Power of Gold by Laurence Gardner
RRP: $25.33$16.54New in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the laboratories of modern science, comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient... -
The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy by Alison E. Cooley 9780521549547
RRP: $68.23$59.46This book advances our understanding of the place of Latin inscriptions in the Roman world. It enables readers, especially those new to the subject, to appreciate both the potential and the limitations of inscriptions as historical source material, by... -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: $29.23$19.11Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineThe year 2022 marks 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This... -
Luxury and power: Persia to Greece by James Fraser
RRP: $68.25$43.21An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE. 'Luxuriously illustrated' - Asian Review of... -
Aristotle: De Anima by Aristotle 9780199243457
RRP: $68.23$65.29The Clarendon Aristotle Series is designed for both students and professionals. It provides accurate translations of selected Aristotelian texts, accompanied by incisive commentaries that focus on philosophical problems and issues, The volumes in the... -
Stonehenge: A Brief History by Professor Mike Parker Pearson
RRP: $38.98$32.25Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. Who built it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900 years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up a completely new understanding of this iconic stone... -
The Roman Revolution of Constantine by Raymond van Dam 9780521133012
RRP: $60.43$52.14The reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier. The abandonment of Rome signaled the increasing importance of... -
Lives: v. 7 by Plutarch
RRP: $48.65$45.61Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
Indo-European Mythology and Religion: Essays by Alexander Jacob 9780648499619
RRP: $33.05$29.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648499619Author Alexander JacobFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Manticore PressPublisher Manticore PressWeight(grams) 304g -
Battle Elephants and Flaming Foxes: Animals in the Roman World by Caroline Freeman-Cuerden
RRP: $39.00$29.33From the hooves of chariot horses pounding the dust of the racetrack to the cries of elephants charging the battlefields, animals were a key part of Roman life. On memorials left to beloved dogs or in images of arena animals hammered onto coins, their... -
Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings Angela McDonald 9780714119762
RRP: $17.53$12.09A handy and colourful illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great... -
The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five by Livy
RRP: $21.43$15.15`the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called... -
Our Occulted History: Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens? by Jim Marrs 9780062130327
$24.69Bestselling author Jim Marrs steps once again to the cutting-edge of research into conspiracies and hidden truths. In Our Occulted History, Marrs goes beyond the revelations of his classic Alien Agenda and illustrates how human civilization may have... -
Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress: As seen on TV by David Olusoga
RRP: $29.23$22.13Oscar Wilde said, 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Cult of Progress, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. We discover what happened to art in the great Age of... -
The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Thonemann
RRP: $17.53$12.58The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhone to the Indus... -
Three Homeric Hymns: To Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite by Nicholas Richardson 9780521457743
RRP: $56.53$50.35These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes'... -
Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty by Aidan Dodson 9789774167522
RRP: $25.33$21.47After the death of RamesesII, the Nineteenth Dynasty, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family'... -
The Picts: A History by Tim Clarkson
RRP: $21.43$14.27The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they... -
Nero: the man behind the myth Thorsten Opper 9780714122915
RRP: $48.75$35.06One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a reputation has, however, been shaped by ancient literary sources written by his...