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Histories(2003) HERODOTUSDescribes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth ceVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Avebury(2000) FRANCIS, EVELYNAvebury is the largest stone circle on Earth! Silbury Hill is as old as the Great Pyramid! Packed with rare old engravings and great new research this timeless pocket guide to Europe's most extensive neolithic complex will leave you informed, intrigued anVezava: Mehka10,74 € -
Test Of Time(2001) ROHL, DAVIDBy employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating ancienVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Ancient Olympic Games(2011) SWADDLING, JUDITHIn this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of theVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Fall of Rome(2006) WARD-PERKINS, BRYAN (LECTURER IN MODERN HISTORY AND FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD)The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book exaVezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors(2008) BLOND, ANTHONYEven more scurrilous than the TV series Rome, A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors tells the true story of toga parties, banquets, and the scandalous life of the Caesars. Ancient history with all the boring bits taken out.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Greeks(2002) CARTLEDGE, PAUL (, READER IN GREEK HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)This volume provides a challenging answer to the question: "Who were the Classical Greeks?", Paul Cartledge here examines the Greeks and their achievements in terms of their own self-image, mainly as it was presented by the supposedly objective historiansVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Greek and Roman Myths(2010) MATYSZAK, PHILIPA guide to the Greek and Roman Myths. It features a blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern context, discussing the afterlives of the myths and the relevance of their messages. It includes factfileVezava: Trda21,02 € -
Framing the Early Middle Ages(2006) WICKHAM, CHRIS (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.)The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states.Vezava: Mehka115,50 € -
Decoding the Heavens(2009) MARCHANT, JOIn 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Orpheus(2012) WROE, ANNHe may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshippedVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Callanish and Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides: And Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides(2000) PONTING, GERALDOn the remote north-western Isle of Lewis stands one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in the world, a stone circle forming part of a huge Celtic Cross, built over four thousand years ago. Behold Callanish!Vezava: Mehka9,25 € -
First Emperor(2009) QIAN, SIMA,BRASHIER, K. E. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION (CHINESE) AND HUMANITIES (CHINESE), REED COLLEGE)Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but alsoVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Medieval Women(2005) LEYSER, HENRIETTAMEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Uriel's Machine(2000) KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER,LOMAS, ROBERTThe authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscovered in the 18th century, describes how Uriel's Machine should be constructed, and how Enoch's secret technology has been preserved since ancient times in Freemasonic lore.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome(2016) FANT, MAUREEN B. (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, ITALY),LEFKOWITZ, MARY R. (WELLESLEY COLLEGE, USA)Vezava: Mehka61,57 € -
Travelling Heroes(2009) LANE FOX, ROBINExplores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new sights - volcanic mountains, vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones - and weaving them into the myths of gods, monsters and heroes thaVezava: Mehka23,82 €
