Ancient

An 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...

Fairies are a challenging subject, intertwining culture, folklore, and anecdotal accounts across centuries and millennia. Focusing primarily on the Celtic speaking cultures, with some material from adjacent cultures including Anglo-Saxon and Norse, A New...

The world of Fairy has intrigued humanity across folklore and literature for as long as we have written records and into the modern period. This book seeks to detangle the convoluted history of the world of Fairy by looking at the various cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952423300Author Alison RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Northgate PublishersPublisher Northgate PublishersWeight(grams) 510g

When we try to make sense of pictures, what do we gain when we use a particular method - and what might we be missing or even losing? Empirical experimentation on three types of mythological imagery - a Classical Greek pot, a frieze from Hellenistic...

For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and secular architecture throughout Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland...

The religion of the ancient Greeks has lain dormant for too long. In Hellenismos, Tony Mierzwicki shows how to bring it back in all of its primal glory. Learn how to forge personal relationships with the ancient Greek deities. Recreate the practices of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062515384Author Caitlin MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958718Author Chris MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint MandrakePublisher MandrakeWeight(grams) 432g

Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or...

Ranging from Abai to Zeleia, from massive temples in Egypt to modest tombs in Turkey, oracles were a major feature of the religions of many ancient cultures until their demise under the Christian Roman emperors. This work is a guide to all the known...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637171Author Carl McColmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Sparta, with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary, chronology and explanatory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648885504Author Ingvar AskelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Neoviking Co.Publisher Neoviking Co.Weight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Walk in the footsteps of Druids and tune into the sacred power and ancient wisdom of trees. From the birch to the willow, Sharlyn Hidalgo introduces all fifteen revered trees of the Celtic Tree Calendar and describes their unique gifts. Go on guided...

'Immensely informative, wrapped in an engagingly casual tone, complemented by more than a dash of the bizarre. You'd be barking to miss it.' Professor Michael Scott Can you tell your Odysseus from your Oedipus? In this unique introduction, Philip...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922602541Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 108mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Minnesota Book Award (Memoir) 2014 and Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (Nonfiction) 2014 and Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (Memoir) 2013.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739973384Author Andreas KornevallFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic Publishing

Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths is definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - and available now in the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, featuring a new introduction from Rick Riordan (bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and...

Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578459882Author Joshua FreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Joshua FreePublisher Joshua FreeWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm

Relegated to the realm of archaeological heresy, despite a wealth of hard scientific evidence, the theory that an advanced civilization of black Africans settled in the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt existed has been dismissed and even condemned by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936878676Author David SpanglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Lorian PressPublisher Lorian PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998737898Author Lori MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Four Jaguars PressPublisher Four Jaguars PressWeight(grams) 717g

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT...

This is a study of Greek mythology in relation to its original contexts. Part one deals with the contexts in which myths were narrated: the home, public festivals, the lesche. Part two, the heart of the book, examines the relation between the realities...

The Celtic hymn, 'Be thou my vision' keeps its popularity after twelve centuries because of its vivid response to our deep human need for God. Following the great success of his earlier books, David Adam takes us through this well-loved hymn, discovering...

A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of...

This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. Covering a wide array of fascinating topics-such as ancient diagnostic practices using the pulse and urine, gynecological theories of women's...

A Church Father's theological citadel.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica...

This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores...

A stunning YA romantasy inspired by Greek mythology by the acclaimed author of The Fandom duology. 'Gorgeous and deeply heartfelt' BEA FITZGERALD 'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO 'A triumph of a...

A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY)Kenneth Dover's 1978 GREEK HOMOSEXUALITY remains the most recent...

The Roman book of days.Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802829597Author Tammi J. SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648903970Author Kylie QuillinanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kylie QuillinanPublisher Kylie QuillinanWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Norse goddess Frigg is known to have influence over many roles. She is a goddess of marriage and children, but she is also a goddess of fate and cunning. Frigg is a goddess of domestic activities, and she is a goddess of healing. She is a goddess of...

Despite modern Paganism being one of the fastest growing new religious movements in Britain and the USA, there is no up-to-date straightforward and informed introduction to modern Paganism from a Christian perspective. The Shaken Path addresses that gap...