Old Stone Monuments by Fergusson, James (2010) Paperback
Lost Library, January 2010. Trade Paperback. Remainder Copy - like new.
Ancient Civilizations
Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
Thames and Hudson, 2000. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The temples of ancient Egypt include the largest and perhaps most splendid religious monuments the world has ever known. This book traces their development from earliest times through their period of glory and ultimate decline.....
Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer
Basic Books, April 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Alexander the Great is a towering figure in world history, but despite our long-held fascination with him, his burial site is unknown. The search for Alexander's tomb began soon after his untimely death in 323 B.C. and continues even.....
Travelling Heroes: In the Epic Age of Homer
Vintage, March 2010. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their gods develop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime's.....
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
Anchor Books, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining--and historically unassailable--journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. In.....
The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece (New Ancient World Series)
Routledge, December 1989. Trade Paperback. For centuries, classical scholars have intensely debated the position of women in classical Athens. Did women have a vast but informal power, or were they little better than slaves? Using methods developed from feminist anthropology, Winkler steps back from this narrowly framed question and puts.....
Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History (Approaching the Ancient World)
Routledge, May 1999. Trade Paperback. Later printing. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Former owner's short gift inscription on cover verso. Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History discusses how the abundant Mesopotamian cuneiform text sources can be used for the study of various aspects of history: political, social.....
The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets
Penguin Books, January 2007. Trade Paperback. Very good in wappers (paperback). A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi Like Walking the Bible, this fascinating book turns a modern eye on an enduring legend. The Oracle of Delphi was one of the most.....
Stonehenge (Wooden Books)
Walker & Company, April 2002. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Once part of a large culture of stone circles, Stonehenge--built around 3000 B.C. and developed over the next 1,500 years--is the most famous. The remains of a once-wealthy and evidently learned tribal community, it.....
Ancient Musics: A Poetry Sequence
Helicon Nine Editions, 1995. First Edition. Pamphlet. 25 pages. 7 by 5 inches. One of 250 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
The New Archaeology and the Ancient Maya (Scientific American Library, #30)
Scientific American Librarey, 1989. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology
British Museum Press, 2004. Hardcover. Later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In this beautifully illustrated book, Maureen Carroll examines the most recent evidence of the existence of ancient gardens, the horticultural practices used to plant and maintain them, and the many forms and functions they assumed.....
America's Rome. Volume One: Classical Rome
Yale University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 454 pages. The author 'discusses the impact of Rome on American artists and writers from the earliest days of the new republic.' - from the flyleaf. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
The Gold of Troy: Searching for Homer's Fabled City
Harry N Abrams, April 1996. Hardcover. Cloaked in mystery for the past 50 years, the legendary Gold of Troy is now on display at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. This handsome volume, the official catalog of the Pushkin exhibition, tells the compelling tale of these ancient artifacts and how they.....
Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor
Overlook Press, 2010. Hardcover. In 312 A.D., Constantine-one of four Roman emperors ruling a divided empire-marched on Rome to establish his control. On the eve of the battle, a cross appeared to him in the sky with an exhortation, "By this sign conquer." Inscribing the cross on the shields of.....
The Contribution of Ancient Greece to Modern Life
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in cloth covers with blue lettering on front cover and spine. Minor edge wear. Very good, sunned, dust jacket, with edge and corner wear, with clear tape on inside at spine.....
Pompeii: Its Past and Present State; Its Public and Private Buildings, etc. (2 Volumes)
Nattli and Bond, n.d. Hardcover. 324, 323 pages. Black-and-white illustrations Very good copies in matched green cloth covers with embossed decorations. Gold lettering and decorations on spines. Engraved frontispiece in each volume; frontispiece loose in volume I. Edge and corner wear. Corners bumped. No dust jacket. A nice set.
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Penguin History)
Penguin Books, September 1995. Trade Paperback. In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and live.....
Explore 360° Pompeii: Be Transported Back in Time with a Breathtaking 3D Tour (Digital 360 Degree)
B.E.S. Publishing, February 2015. Hardcover. More than 1,900 years ago, the Roman city of Pompeii was frozen in time when the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buried the city, and everyone in it, under layers of ash. Today, millions are gripped by the dramatic story of the sudden destruction of.....
Circles and Standing Stones: An Illustrated Exploration of Megalith Mysteries of Early Britain
Walker & Co, January 1975. Hardcover.
A History of Ancient Egypt
Blackwell Pub, December 1992. Hardcover.
The Broken String: The Last Words of an Extinct People
Viking, June 2004. Hardcover.
Then and Now: The Wonders of the Ancient World Brought to Life in Vivid See-Through Reproductions
MacMillan Publishing Company, October 1991. Hardcover. This book shows full-page colour photographs of the most visited ancient sites throughout the world as they appear today - then superimposes, on acetate overlays, vivid, realistic artist's reconstructions of the same sites as they appeared in their original glory. The sun-baked shell of.....
Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City (The Great Courses)
The Teaching Company, (2010). Trade Paperback. 107-page Course Guidebook, plus 4-disc DVD set containing twenty-four 30-minute lectures on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the remains of the first-century society preserved beneath the ashes. DVD set in original case plus the guidebook. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). DVDs fine.....
Looking for Dilmun
Knopf, January 1969. Hardcover.