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Alexander's Tomb | |||
| The Two Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conqueror | History | |||
| Nicholas J Saunders | ||||
| Basic 2006 290 pages | ||||
| Hardback 046507202X | ||||
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The Library of Alexandria | |||
| Centre of Learning in the Ancient World | History | |||
| Roy MacLeod (Edited by) | ||||
| IB Tauris 2005 196 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1850435944 | ||||
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| 'The ancient Library may have vanished,' writes Macleod, 'but its critical spirit endures.' This volume of essays attempts to retrieve something of the 'industry of learning' established in ancient Alexandria and to explore its legacies to European culture. Starting with a sketch of earlier libraries in the ancient Near East, the book includes studies of Alexandria itself as 'the umbilicus of the ancient world', its contribution to the Mystery Schools in Europe and its legacy in medieval libraries and the fictional library created by Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose. | ||||
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Caesarea Philippi | |||
| Banias, The Lost City of Pan | History | |||
| John Francis Wilson | ||||
| IB Tauris 2004 262 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1850434409 | ||||
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The Tomb of Thoutmosis IV | |||
| History | ||||
| Theodore M Davis | ||||
| Duckworth 2002 152 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0715631209 297x210mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
| The tomb of Tuthmosis (Thoutmosis) IV was the first to be excavated by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings, and the most stunning until Tutankhamun's 18 years later. Around the quartzite sarcophagus lay the pharaoh's throne and superbly decorated chariot, along with countless ushabti and other artefacts, undisturbed for 3,000 years. This facsimile of the report published by Carter in 1904 contains a thrilling account of the discovery and his illustrated catalogue of the tomb's contents. | ||||
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The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou | |||
| with The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya | History | |||
| Theodore M Davis | ||||
| Duckworth 2000 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0715629638 297x210mm | ||||
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| Before the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the greatest discovery in the Valley of the Kings was the 3,000-year-old tomb of Yuya (Iouiya) and Tjuyu (Touiyou), parents-in-law of Amenhopis III. The tomb contained their wonderfully preserved mummies, lying in magnificent coffins and surrounded by palace furniture and funerary equipment. Reprinted in this volume are the excavator's reports on this important find, edited by Theodore Davis, with contributions from Gaston Maspero, Percy E Newberry and Edouard Naville. First published in 1908 and 1909. Facsimile reprint. | ||||
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Figuratively Speaking | |||
| Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers | History | |||
| Sarah Spence | ||||
| Duckworth 2007 144 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0715635131 | ||||
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Delusions of Invulnerability | |||
| Wisdom and Morality in Ancient Greece, China and Today | History | |||
| GER Lloyd | ||||
| Duckworth 2005 176 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0715633864 | ||||
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Athletics in the Ancient World | |||
| History | ||||
| Zahra Newby | ||||
| Bristol Classical 2006 112 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1853996882 | ||||
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Art and the Romans | |||
| History | ||||
| Anne Haward | ||||
| Bristol Classical 2009 100 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1853995584 | ||||
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| This Classical World survey examines Roman art by genre, from portraiture to decorative art, looking at the art as created for and by the Romans and asking what they wanted from it. | ||||
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Lords of the Sea | |||
| The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy | History | |||
| John R Hale | ||||
| Viking 2009 396 pages | ||||
| Hardback 067002080X | ||||
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| John R Hales - both an archaeologist and a veteran oarsman - explores the century and a half when the Athenian navy led the struggle against Persian invaders, gave birth to democracy and helped finance the greatest artistic achievements of Classical Athens. From Themistocles' original vision to the navy's temporary eclipse in the Peloponnesian War and Athens' eventual submission to the Macedonians, Lords of the Sea chronicles one of history's great sea powers. | ||||
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Ancient Rome | |||
| A Book of Postcards - The British Museum | History | |||
| Pomegranate 2009 30 Postcards | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0764924699 121x175mm | ||||
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Ancient Greece | |||
| A Book of Postcards | History | |||
| Pomegranate 2003 30 Postcards | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0764924621 121x175mm | ||||
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The Court and Court Society in Ancient Monarchies | |||
| History | ||||
| AJS Spawforth (Edited by) | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2007 358 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0521874483 | ||||
| Published Price £66.00 | Our Price £30.00 | |||
| In case studies of Achaemenid and Sasanian Persia, the empire of Alexander, Rome under both the early and later Caesars, the Han rulers of China and Egypt's 18th Dynasty, this volume explores the concept of a 'court' in each of the monarchies discussed and deals with issues such as the court's membership, organization and physical setting, its role as a representation of authority, its relation to monarchical structures of power and control, and the generation of an autonomous 'court society'. | ||||
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Alexander the Great Failure | |||
| The Collapse of the Macedonian Empire | History | |||
| John D Grainger | ||||
| Continuum 2007 236 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1847251889 | ||||
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Babylonians | |||
| History | ||||
| HWF Saggs | ||||
| California University Press 2000 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0520202228 | ||||
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| The past century has seen a huge increase in both the range of our archaeological evidence for ancient Mesopotamia and our understanding of the region's languages as recorded in cuneiform tablets. This introductory survey, which includes more than 80 photographs of such artefacts, follows the fluctuating fortunes of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Amorites and Babylonians, producing a rich and fascinating picture of the mythology, religion, trade, politics and warfare of this remarkable civilization. | ||||
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