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Cleopatra to Christ: Jesus: The Great-Grandson of Cleopatra. by Ralph Ellis 9781508465881
RRP: $31.20$27.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508465881Author Ralph EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Cornwall in Prehistory by Toni-Maree Rowe
$26.60Prehistory is a universal term used by archaeologists to describe a sizable portion of time in the past, essentially, from the beginning of human evolution to the arrival of the Romans in Britain. In Cornwall this distant past is always present, the... -
The Etruscans by Graeme Barker 9780631220381
RRP: $72.05$64.17The Etruscans were the creators of one of the most highly developed cultures of the pre-Roman Mediterranean.About the AuthorGraeme Barker is Professor of Archaeology and Head of the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester. He was... -
The Petroglyphs of Mu: Pohnpei, Nan Madol, and the Legacy of Lemuria by Carole Nervig
RRP: $38.98$25.08* Shows how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures throughout the world * Provides evidence that Pohnpaid is closely related to--yet predates--neighboring Nan Madol * Includes hundreds of... -
Roman Clothing and Fashion by Alexandra Croom
RRP: $42.90$29.85There is plenty of information about military dress in Roman Britain and the rest of the Roman Empire, but the evidence for civilian dress has not been comprehensively looked at since the 1930s. In this richly illustrated survey, Alexandra Croom... -
Augustus: The Biography by Jochen Bleicken
RRP: $37.03$26.54'Masterful ... a breathtaking panorama of Roman politics at a crucial turning point in history' Simon J. V. Malloch, Literary ReviewHe was named son and heir by a murdered dictator. He came to Rome with nothing, surrounded by ruthless enemies. Yet... -
A New History of Early Christianity by Charles Freeman
RRP: $25.33$22.35This stimulating history of early Christianity revisits the extraordinary birth of a world religion and gives a new slant on a familiar story The relevance of Christianity is as hotly contested today as it has ever been. A New History of Early... -
Herakles by Emma Stafford 9780415300681
RRP: $72.13$63.43There is more material available on Herakles than any other Greek god or hero. His story has many more episodes than those of other heroes, concerning his life and death as well as his battles with myriad monsters and other opponents. In literature, he... -
Histories: Bk. III-IV by Herodotus
$45.61The "Father of History."Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BC, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He traveled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Aswan), North Africa, Syria, the... -
Greece and Rome at War by Peter Connolly 9781848329416
RRP: $38.98$36.31In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development, Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome with his superb full-colour artwork. Making use of fresh archaeological evidence and new material on... -
The Ancient Commentators on Plato and Aristotle by Miira Tuominen
RRP: $74.08$65.09In late antiquity the works of Plato and Aristotle were subject to intense study, which eventually led to the development of a new literary form, the philosophical commentary. Until recently these commentaries were understood chiefly as sources of... -
The Song Of Troy by Colleen McCullough
RRP: $19.48$13.96The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS.The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long siege of Troy, and the impact of one woman's beauty on the fate of two nations, is... -
The Celts: Origins, Myths & Inventions by John Collis 9780752429137
$30.07We use the word 'Celtic' fast and loose - it evokes something mythical and romantic about our past - but what exactly does it mean? Furthermore, why do people believe that there were Celts in Britain and what relationship do they have to the ancient... -
Stories of Daily Life from the Roman World: Extracts from the Ancient Colloquia by Eleanor Dickey 9781316627280
RRP: $31.18$25.31What did Roman children do first when they arrived at school in the morning? What excuse for missing school could be counted on to stave off a whipping from the teacher? What did a Roman banker do when someone came to borrow money? What did a Roman wife... -
The Life of Alexander the Great by Plutarch
RRP: $19.48$13.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812971330Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume I: Beginnings and Early Ionian Thinkers by Glenn W. Most
$45.61A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient... -
Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome by Caroline Vout
RRP: $48.75$33.89The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. Drinking cups, oil-lamps and walls were decorated with scenes of seduction and sexual intercourse which make the modern viewer blush; models of penises were worn around the neck or hung from doorways. In... -
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization by Simon Hornblower
RRP: $89.68$79.58What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero popular with the ordinary people but less so with the upper classes? Why (according to ancient authors) was Oedipus ('with swollen foot') so called? For over... -
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human by Julia Kindt 9781009411387
RRP: $48.75$35.14What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that, in one way or another, our... -
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... -
Confessions of an Egyptologist: Lost Libraries, Vanished Labyrinths & the Astonishing Truth Under the Saqqara Pyramids by Erich Von Daniken
RRP: $36.95$25.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632651914Author Erich Von DanikenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint New Page BooksPublisher New Page BooksWeight(grams) 133g -
The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies by Michael MacDonald 9780197503607
$150.91One of the most remarkable trends in the humanities and social sciences in recent decades has been the resurgence of interest in the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric: in an age of global media networks and viral communication, rhetoric is once... -
Euripides: Hecuba by Luigi Battezzato
RRP: $50.68$44.09Hecuba was the most widely read play of Euripides from antiquity to the Renaissance, appealing to readers and spectators for its controversial treatment of moral themes: revenge, war and slavery, violence, human sacrifice, gender and ethnic relations. It... -
Mystery of Egypt: The First Tunnel by Radu Cinamar
$34.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937859084Author Radu CinamarFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Sky BooksPublisher Sky BooksWeight(grams) 322g -
Articulating Resistance under the Roman Empire by Daniel Jolowicz
RRP: $165.75$150.15This book explores the many strategies by which elite Greeks and Romans resisted the cultural and political hegemony of the Roman Empire in ways that avoided direct confrontation or simple warfare. By resistance is meant a range of responses including... -
Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation by Aili McConnon
RRP: $39.00$25.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307590657Author Aili McConnonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Annals: Bks. 4-6, 11-12, v. 4 by Cornelius Tacitus
$45.61The paramount historian of the early Roman empire.Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in AD 55, 56 or 57 and lived to about 120. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was... -
The Mycenaean World by John Chadwick
RRP: $52.63$45.71In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a... -
The Bull of Minos: The Great Discoveries of Ancient Greece by Leonard Cottrell
$20.42The cities of Troy and Knossos are the stuff of legend. One, the city of Homer's "Iliad", of Paris, Hector and Helen; the other home to a king who built a labyrinth in which to hide his monstrous son. This is the story of two of the most heroic, and... -
Pompeii: The History, Art and Life of the Buried City by Marisa Ranieri Panetta 9788854407183
RRP: $58.50$43.49Preserved by the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, many of Pompeii's temples, homes, public spaces, and artistic treasures remain intact, providing us with a remarkable inheritance of a long-gone era. This insightful volume - complete with... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean by Carolina Lopez-Ruiz
RRP: $69.21$63.28The Phoenicians created the Mediterranean world as we know it--yet they remain a shadowy and poorly understood group. The academic study of the Phoenicians has come to an important crossroads; the field has grown in sheer content, sophistication of... -
Women of Ancient Rome: To Survive under the Patriarchy by Lynda Telford
RRP: $44.83$29.60According to legend, Rome was a settlement of warlike young men, from Alba, an area in the Alban Hills just southeast of Rome. When they settled there, they inaugurated the earliest of Rome's traditions, including the relationship between men and women... -
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani by E a Wallis Budge 9781945186653
RRP: $25.33$22.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945186653Author E a Wallis BudgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint ClydesdalePublisher ClydesdaleWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm -
Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine by Karel van der Toorn
RRP: $107.25$89.10Based on a previously unexplored source, this book transforms the way we think about the formation of Jewish identity This book tells the story of the earliest Jewish diaspora in Egypt in a way it has never been told before. In the fifth century BCE... -
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilisation by Anthony Everitt
RRP: $48.75$32.82The story of Athens is truly intriguing: how did a tiny community of 200,000 citizens manage to give birth to towering geniuses across the range of human endeavour, create one of the greatest civilizations in history, and lay the foundations of our own... -
The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours by Gregory Nagy
$39.27What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The... -
The Story of Greece and Rome by Tony Spawforth
RRP: $25.33$22.35The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia, from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the... -
Rape Culture, Purity Culture, and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles by Caroline Blyth
RRP: $38.98$34.50In this fascinating book, Caroline Blyth takes a close look at Bibles marketed to teen girls and asks how these might perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes that lie at the heart of rape culture. The author considers the devotionals, commentaries, and... -
Ancient Egyptian Rhyme Time by Shirley Harber 9781981985760
RRP: $13.65$11.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781981985760Author Shirley HarberFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Ovid, Heroides: A Selection by Dr Christina Tsaknaki
RRP: $25.33$23.13This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid's Heroides, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Heroides I lines 1-68, and Heroides VII lines 1-140, with a detailed introduction...