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Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece
By: Harris, W. V. (ed.); Ruffini, Giovanni (ed.)
Published by: Brill Academic Publishers

This volume approaches the history of the great city of Alexandria from a variety of directions: its demography, the interaction between Greek and Egyptian and between Jews and Greeks, the nature of its civil institutions and social relations, and its religious, and intellectual history. more...

Price: $139.00


Ancient Anger
By: Braund, Susanna; Most, Glenn W.
Published by: Cambridge University Press

Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. This volume brings together several significant new studies on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger. more...

Price: $44.00


Ancient Astrology
By: Barton, Tamsyn
Published by: Routledge

An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology. more...

Price: $37.95


Ancient Astronomy
By: Ruggles, Clive
Published by: ABC-Clio

Long before astronomy was a science, humans used the stars to mark time, navigate, organize planting and dramatize myths. This encyclopaedia draws on archaeological evidence and oral traditions to reveal how prehistoric humans perceived the skies and celestial phenomena. more...

Price: $119.00


Ancient Britain
By: Dyer, James
Published by: Routledge

This book is for anyone starting out to understand the prehistoric life of Britain from the first human occupation 450,000 years ago, until the Roman conquest in AD 43. more...

Price: $45.95


Ancient China and its Enemies
By: Di Cosmo, Nicola
Published by: Cambridge University Press

A comprehensive history of the northern frontier of China in the first millennium B.C., this work explores the tensions existing between the sedentary Chinese and the northern nomads. It is the first study that investigates the origins of the antagonism between early China and its 'barbarian' neighbors. more...

Price: $23.00


Ancient Conquest Accounts
By: Younger, K. Lawson
Published by: Sheffield Academic Press

Works on Old Testament historiography, the 'Conquest', and the origins of ancient Israel have burgeoned in recent days. But while others have been issuing new reconstructions this novel work presents a close reading of the biblical text. The focus is on the literary techniques that ancient writers employed in narrating stories of conquest, and the aim is to pinpoint their communicative intentions in their own contexts. This reading is enhanced by engagement with the important discipline of the philosophy of history. Ancient Conquest accounts, replete with extensive quotations from Assyrian, Hittite and Egyptian conquest accounts, is a learned and methodologically sensitive study of a wide range of ancient Near Eastern texts as well as of Joshua 9-12. more...

Price: $170.00


The Ancient Critic at Work
By: Nünlist, René
Published by: Cambridge University Press

Shows the importance of the Greek scholia, the marginal and interlinear notes on manuscripts, for understanding ancient literary criticism. more...

Price: $96.00


Ancient Egypt
By: Shaw, Ian
Published by: OUP Oxford

The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination - mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this great civilization? - ;The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination - mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this great civilization?. In this absorbing introduction, Ian Shaw describes how our current ideas about Egypt are based not only on the thrilling discoveries made by early Egyptologists but also on fascinating new kinds of evidence produced by. modern scientific and linguistic analyses. He also explores the changing influences on our responses to these finds, through such media as literature, cinema and contemporary art. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of ancient Egypt, from despotic pharaohs to dismembered bodies, and from hieroglyphs to animal-headed gods. - more...

Price: $8.95


Ancient Egypt
By: Bourke, Jane; Jefferson, Rod (ill.)
Published by: Ready-Ed Publications

Blackline master book of student research activities. Students will be transported, via the Internet, to a range of interesting sites that examine the rich history and culture of Ancient Egypt, covering concepts such as early Egyptian life, the Great Pyramids and an archaeological challenge. Web references for research are sourced, provided and regularly maintained. more...

Price: $7.45


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