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Pharaoh by David Gibbins
RRP: £9.99£6.80Fans of Dan Brown and Clive Cussler will love the thrilling new Jack Howard action adventure from Sunday Times bestseller David Gibbins. 1351 BC: Akhenaten the Sun-Pharaoh rules supreme in Egypt...until the day he casts off his crown and mysteriously... -
Vikings at War by Kim Hjardar
£23.33Vikings at War is a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war: their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and... -
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Ferrara's book is an introduction to writing as a process of revelation, but it's also a celebration of these things still undeciphered, and many other tantalising mysteries besides.' SpectatorThis book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it... -
Isis in the Ancient World by Reginald Eldred Witt 9780801856426
£24.12Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been... -
Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity by Georgios Boudalis
RRP: £22.50£21.68The transition from roll to codex as the standard format of the book is one of the most culturally significant innovations of Late Antiquity. The Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity examines surviving evidence in order to better understand how this... -
The Roman Republic of Letters: Scholarship, Philosophy, and Politics in the Age of Cicero and Caesar by Katharina Volk 9780691253954
£17.36An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic-and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil warIn The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary... -
Cyriac of Ancona: Later Travels by Edward W. Bodnar 9780674007581
£24.06Early Renaissance humanists discovered the culture of ancient Greece and Rome mostly through the study of classical manuscripts. Cyriac of Ancona (Ciriaco de' Pizzecolli, 1391-1452), a merchant and diplomat as well as a scholar, was among the first to... -
The Origins of the World's Mythologies by E. J. Michael Witzel
£38.05In this comprehensive book Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most of the mythologies of Eurasia and the Americas ('Laurasia'). By comparing these myths with others indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, Melanesia, and... -
Remains of Old Latin: v. 4: Archaic Inscriptions by E. H. Warmington
£23.39Physical graffiti.This edition of early Latin writings is in four volumes. The first three contain the extant work of seven poets and surviving portions of the Twelve Tables of Roman law. The fourth volume contains inscriptions on various materials... -
The Politics and Poetics of Cicero's Brutus: The Invention of Literary History by Christopher S. van den Berg
RRP: £75.00£67.74Cicero's Brutus (46 BCE), a tour-de-force of intellectual and political history, was written amidst political crisis: Caesar's defeat of the republican resistance at the battle of Thapsus. This magisterial example of the dialogue genre capaciously... -
The Abu Bakr Cemetery at Giza by Tohfa Handoussa
RRP: £150.00£115.02The present volume reflects the work of the joint expedition of Cairo University and Brown University to record and publish the tombs uncovered on behalf of Cairo University by Prof. Abdel-Moneim Abu Bakr from 1949 through 1953, but never published. The... -
Tausret: Forgotten Queen & Pharaoh of Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson 9780199740116
£53.21One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh of the 19th dynasty (c. 1200 BCE), the last ruling descendent of Ramesses the Great, and one of only two female monarchs... -
Mesoamerica Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilisation by Dr Robert Bircher 9781804176146
RRP: £10.99£7.40Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Mesoamerican culture is rooted in the region of modern Mexico where some 3500 years ago ancient peoples called the Olmecs farmed and created beautiful art and pottery at roughly the same time as the Middle Kingdom Ancient... -
In the Darkest of Days: Exploring Human Sacrifice and Value in Southern Scandinavian Prehistory by Matthew J. Walsh 9781789258592
RRP: £38.00£34.91This book collects recent works on the subjects of sacrificial offerings, ritualised violence and the relative values thereof in the contexts of Scandinavian prehistory from the Neolithic to the Viking era. It provides a detailed re-appraisal of key... -
King Solomon and the Temple of Solomon: The History of the Jewish King and His Temple by Charles River Editors 9781544877549
RRP: £10.14£8.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544877549Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
A History of the Peloponnesian War: Bk. 5-6 by Thucydides
£23.39Classic political realism.Thucydides of Athens was born about 471 BC. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the Peloponnesian War, he caught and survived the horrible plague that ... -
The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures by James B. Pritchard
£40.12James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated... -
Wroxeter, the Cornovii and the Urban Process. Volume 2: Characterizing the City. Final Report of the Wroxeter Hinterland Project, 1994-1997 by R. H. White 9781905739615
£80.67In the mid 1990s, the site of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum at Wroxeter, Shropshire, was subjected to one of the most intensive campaigns of geophysical survey ever carried out on a Roman town. The result was a complete plan of the city using... -
Antiphon: The Speeches by Antiphon
RRP: £27.99£24.27This volume provides a commentary on the six surviving speeches of the fifth-century BC Athenian orator Antiphon, all of which concern homicide, together with a fragment of Antiphon's final speech at his own trial for treason in 411 BC. The commentary... -
Greek Anthology: Volume I: book 1: Christian Epigrams by W. R. Paton
£23.39A gathering of poetic blossoms.The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 short Greek poems in the sparkling and diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred poets and collected over many centuries. To the original collection, called the Garland... -
Iron from Tutankhamun's Tomb by Katja Broschat 9781617979972
RRP: £29.99£24.16A comprehensive study of the iron objects found in Tutankhamun's tomb that include daggers, quivers, arrows, and an elaborately decorated bow caseA century after Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's sensational discovery in 1922 of the virtually intact... -
The Mythology of Plants - Botanical Lore From Ancient Greece and Rome by Annette Giesecke 9781606063217
RRP: £21.99£18.55This is a fascinating exploration of the role of the botanical in ancient Greek and Roman myth and classical literature. This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority on the... -
Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept by Brent Nongbri
RRP: £19.99£16.97For much of the past two centuries, religion has been understood as a universal phenomenon, a part of the "natural" human experience that is essentially the same across cultures and throughout history. Individual religions may vary through time and... -
Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization by Jim Willis
RRP: £35.99£27.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578597109Author Jim WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press -
Philip II of Macedonia by Ian Worthington
RRP: £16.99£14.61Alexander the Great is remembered as a brilliant conqueror, but his father's achievements as a leader were greater still Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often in books and... -
Spartan Warrior 735–331 BC by Duncan B Campbell
RRP: £14.99£12.55Immortalized through their exploits at the battle of Thermopylae under the legendary Leonidas, as well as countless other victories throughout the classical period, the Spartans were some of the best-trained, -organized and most-feared warriors of the... -
Constantius III: Rome's Lost Hope by Hughes, Ian 9781526700247
RRP: £20.00£14.29Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His predecessor, Stilicho, had been... -
Pindar: Victory Odes: Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7 by Pindar
RRP: £26.99£23.44The Greek lyric poet Pindar is renowned for his poems celebrating the victories of athletes in the great games of Greece at Olympia, Delphi (the Pythian Games), Corinth (the Isthmian Games) and Nemea. Pindar's victory odes have the reputation of being... -
Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, 136-132 and 105-100 BC by Natale Barca 9781526767462
RRP: £19.99£14.28In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed. Their leader, a fortune-teller named Eunus, was declared king (taking the... -
Greek Drama and Dramatists by Alan H. Sommerstein 9780415260282
RRP: £37.99£33.38The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H... -
De Finibus by Marcus Tullius Cicero
£23.39The philosopher-statesman on Epicureanism, Stoicism, and the Old Academy.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the... -
Ancient Egypt Secrets Explained!: The Influences Behind Egyptian History, Mythology & The Impact On World Civilization by Jeffrey Houston 9781533451965
RRP: £5.99£5.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533451965Author Jeffrey HoustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History by Samuel Noah Kramer
£31.98Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in a... -
Medea by Euripides
£8.00Though it wasn't successful at its first performance, in the centuries since then, Euripides's Medea has established itself as one of the most powerful and influential of the Greek tragedies. The story of the wronged wife who avenges herself upon her... -
The History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers by David C Weinczok 9781526781451
RRP: £14.99£10.95A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior... -
Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, AASOR 65 by Michael K. Toumazou
£18.19Includes 167 figures, 16 tables and 2 maps. Since 1990, the Athienou Archaeological Project (AAP) has investigated the Malloura valley on the edge of the central Mesaoria plain near the modern town of Athienou, Cyprus. Excavations have concentrated on... -
Letters to Atticus: v. 2 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
£23.39The private correspondence of Rome's most prolific public figure.To his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except perhaps his brother. In Cicero's Letters to Atticus we get an intimate look at his motivations... -
Dynastic Politics in the Age of Diocletian, Ad 284-311 by Byron Waldron
RRP: £95.00£77.27In AD 293 the Roman world was plunged into a bold new experiment in government. Four soldiers shared the empire between them: two senior emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, and two junior emperors, Constantius and Galerius. This regime, now known as the... -
Cicero and Rome by David Taylor 9781853995064
RRP: £19.99£19.04In "Cicero and Rome", David Taylor takes Cicero as the focal point for examination of the last years of the Roman Republic. He traces the often dramatic and violent events from the harsh dictatorship of Sulla (82 BC) to Cicero's own death in the... -
Sayings of the Spartans by Plutarch 9781948648110
£5.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948648110Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Vigeo PressPublisher Vigeo PressWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 6mm