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Sex on Show(2013) VOUT, CAROLINEThe Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? WereVezava: Trda35,05 € -
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 € -
Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs(2007) MCDONALD, ANGELAA handy and colourful illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Sutton Hoo Helmet(2007) MARZINZIK, SONJAA warriors face the strong brows inlaid with red garnets, the nose and mouth gilded and its surface tinned a silvery colour this is how the Sutton Hoo helmet once appeared to those who saw it. This book explains how it was discovered together with other pVezava: Mehka8,41 € -
Cuneiform(2015) FINKEL, IRVING,TAYLOR, JONATHANA unique and accessible insight into the world’s oldest writing system, revealing how ancient inscriptions lead to a new way of thinking about the past.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Bunker Research(2019) LEONARD, MAXIn southern France high above the villas and the pleasure palaces of the Côte d’Azur, there is the Alpine Extension of the Maginot Line. These little-known fortifications were built before the Second World War to protect France from Mussolini. But nobodyVezava: Mehka44,91 € -
Escape to Miami(2022) CAMPISI, ELIZABETH (ANTHROPOLOGIST, ALBANY, NY, ANTHROPOLOGIST, ALBANY, NY)Vezava: Mehka32,42 € -
Cleopatra's Daughter(2021) ROLLER, DUANE W. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famVezava: Mehka45,61 € -
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Heart and Stomach of a King(2013) LEVIN, CAROLEWith a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how herVezava: Mehka49,88 € -
Trotula(2002)The Trotula was the most influential compendium on women's medicine in medieval Europe. Green here presents the first modern English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the mid-thiVezava: Mehka38,24 € -
Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa(2009) LEMARCHAND, RENEThis collection of essays explores the contemporary crises in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, offering important new insights into the cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central AfricVezava: Mehka49,88 € -
Cities of Ladies(2003) SIMONS, WALTER"The definitive study... A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject."-ChoiceVezava: Mehka49,88 € -
Chronicle of Theophanes(1982)An English translation of the Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813), a primary source for the history of medieval Byzantium, with introduction and notes.Vezava: Mehka43,23 € -
History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 3(2003) POLIAKOV, LEONCovers the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany. This work presents an assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe.Vezava: Mehka75,03 € -
History of the Lombards(1975) PAUL THE DEACON"The History of the Lombards constitutes one of the most important literary sources for the early history of Europe, and the vision and energy of its author make it ... the most complex of the histories of the Germanic peoples between the sixth and the niVezava: Mehka49,88 €
