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The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman 9780500252130
RRP: £32.00£21.61This book, by Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art, recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam. Boardman examines a... -
Tacitus: Agricola by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: £27.99£24.27The first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77-84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines... -
Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt by Salima Ikram 9789774166877
RRP: £19.99£16.82Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs... -
The Petroglyphs of Mu: Pohnpei, Nan Madol, and the Legacy of Lemuria by Carole Nervig
RRP: £19.99£12.86* 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... -
The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620): Edition, Translation and Commentary by Lieve Van Hoof
£100.11The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300-620, this volume provides an edition and translation of, and commentary on, the fragments. It proposes new interpretations of the fragments and of the works from which... -
Awakening Osiris: The Spiritual Keys to the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis
RRP: £15.99£12.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480106Author Normandi EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Wandering in Byzantine Thessaloniki (English language edition) by Eftychia Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou
RRP: £21.50£17.60Thessaloniki, the most important city in the Byzantine empire after Constaninople, experienced periods of great economic prosperity and cultural and artistic flowering that created monuments of great importance in the development of Byzantine... -
Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire by Mark Bradley 9780199584727
£98.42While the study of Classics in postcolonial worlds has received a great deal of recent attention, this is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between classical ideas and British colonialism. In this collection of essays, classical scholars... -
Ashen Sky - The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius by Barry Moser 9780892369003
RRP: £16.99£14.61Pliny the Younger (C61-112AD) was a Roman official and writer. He has become famous for his two letters to the historian Tacitus, which detail his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD which took the life of his uncle, Pliny the... -
Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia by Christopher I. Beckwith
RRP: £25.00£19.59Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy... -
Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, and Philosophy of Civilization X by Edward F. Malkowski 9781591431091
RRP: £20.99£13.46Traditional Egyptologists have long resisted the notion that the architectural achievements of the Ancient Egyptians required the existence of a much more sophisticated technology than would have existed at that time. Yet, no records exist explaining... -
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw 9780192802934
RRP: £23.49£17.61The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and... -
Herculaneum - Italy's Buried Treasure by Joseph Jay Deiss 9780892361649
RRP: £21.99£18.55A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled.Book InformationISBN 9780892361649Author . DeissFormat PaperbackPage... -
Justinian and the Sixth Century by Fiona Haarer
RRP: £29.99£24.16This book combines comprehensive discussion of the main aspects of Justinian's rule, together with a varied selection of source material, from both textual and material culture, making it a valuable resource for students and lecturers alike.Book... -
A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon 9781419760181
RRP: £27.00£18.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419760181Author Emma SouthonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 251mm * 155mm *... -
Julius Caesar: A Life by Patricia Southern
RRP: £12.99£8.48Julius Caesar is part historical figure and part legend. He was a complex individual, a brilliant politician, a successful general, an accomplished psychologist. He grew up in a world where political and military careers were inextricably intertwined,... -
Esoterism and Symbol by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
RRP: £10.99£6.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892810147Author R. A. Schwaller de LubiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture by Walter Burkert
RRP: £26.95£21.41At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeoning culture. This book traverses the ancient world's three great centers of cultural exchange--Babylonian... -
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf
RRP: £22.49£15.94The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that journey has not been a smooth one and urban civilizations... -
The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East: The Making of a Regional Identity by Aaron A. Burke 9781108811361
RRP: £27.99£26.05In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite identity in the Near East from ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the most famous groups in Ancient Near Eastern history, against the... -
The Tragic Imagination: The Literary Agenda by Dr. Rowan Williams
RRP: £23.49£19.97The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been... -
Greco-Roman Medicine and What It Can Teach Us Today by Summerton, Nick 9781526752871
RRP: £25.00£17.62There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns. The Roman Empire was an amalgam of many... -
The Silk Road in World History by Xinru Liu
RRP: £27.99£20.76The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads... -
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture: Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 by Zahra Newby
RRP: £36.99£29.75Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new... -
Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many by Erik Hornung
RRP: £26.99£20.84An excellent historical overview of the gods... It is a recommended necessary reading for those studying Ancient Egyptian religion. Frankie's Reviews in Egyptology A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung's book will appeal to anyone interested in... -
Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE by Matt Waters
RRP: £26.99£22.80The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522-486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book,... -
The Reign of Emperor Gallienus: The Apogee of Roman Cavalry by Ilkka Syvanne 9781526745217
RRP: £25.00£18.02This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry Sidebottom's... -
The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. - Third Edition by Robert Drews
RRP: £42.00£33.04The Bronze Age came to a close early in the twelfth century b.c. with one of the worst calamities in history: over a period of several decades, destruction descended upon key cities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, bringing to an end the Levantine,... -
Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents by Thomas K. Hubbard
RRP: £36.00£28.89The most important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together for the first time in this comprehensive sourcebook. Covering an extensive period - from the earliest Greek... -
A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE by Jonathan M. Hall 9781118301272
RRP: £41.00£37.13A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic... -
What the Greeks Did for Us by Tony Spawforth
RRP: £20.00£18.82An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like "pandemic," a Freudian state of mind like the "Oedipus... -
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK 9780241605400
RRP: £30.00£23.35Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover... -
The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge by Paul Anthony Rahe
RRP: £16.99£15.01A fresh appreciation of the pivotal role of Spartan strategy and tactics in the defeat of the mightiest empire of the ancient world More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most... -
Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Norse Mythology, Celtic Mythology and Roman Mythology by Matt Clayton 9781981184927
RRP: £16.42£13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781981184927Author Matt ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Roman Gardens by Anthony Beeson
RRP: £15.99£10.85This book looks at the origins of ancient Roman garden design and its Greek influences. It includes the use and design of private domestic gardens as well as those connected to theatres and temples. Gardens connected to mausolea are also included. It... -
A People's History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 by Edith Hall
RRP: £32.99£29.16A People's History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from... -
Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC to AD 30: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito 9781526730299
RRP: £19.99£15.88This book provides a complete and detailed analysis of the organization and equipment employed by the armies of the Hellenistic States. After Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC, his immense Macedonian empire was divided between his ambitious generals,... -
Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean by Carolina Lopez-Ruiz
RRP: £38.95£31.69The first comprehensive history of the cultural impact of the Phoenicians, who knit together the ancient Mediterranean world long before the rise of the Greeks.Imagine you are a traveler sailing to the major cities around the Mediterranean in 750 BC. You... -
A Companion to Ancient History by Andrew Erskine
RRP: £38.95£35.20This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history. Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient historyComprises more than 40 essays, written by leading... -
Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity by David Frankfurter
RRP: £40.00£31.93How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a new model for envisioning the process of Christianization by looking at the construction of Christianity in...