A sweeping history of the ancient Near East from 3500 to 323 BCE,Weavers, Scribes, and Kings is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over... Zobraziť viac
In this magisterial work, Professor Paul Stephenson charts the centuries surrounding this epic shift of power. He traces the cultural, social and political forces that led to the empire being ruled from a city straddling Europe and Asia... Zobraziť viac
Knihovna Českého egyptologického ústavu je jedinou specializovanou knihovnou tohoto oboru v ČR. Katalog by měl sloužit nejen... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written between 29 and 19 B.C., The Aeneid tells the legendary tale of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy... Zobraziť viac
The reign of the emperor Constantine (306 – 337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier... Zobraziť viac
Weve all heard of pyramids, hieroglyphs and Cleopatra, but how much do you really know about ancient Egypt? Why was the Nile integral to the unification of Egypt? What is the mystery surrounding Queen Hetepheres tomb? ... Zobraziť viac
The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of War... Zobraziť viac
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the sixteenth emperor of Rome — and by far the most powerful and wealthy man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and deep reservoirs of personal insight... Zobraziť viac
Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome... Zobraziť viac
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a spectacularly iconoclastic take on the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology... Zobraziť viac
Rituals of commensality are fundamental to the understanding of human societies; the symposion or male drinking group of archaic and classical Greece was an institution whose effects can be detected in the painted pottery and the poetry created for its... Zobraziť viac
Discusses the function and importance of hieroglyphs within the framework of Ancient Egyptian culture, and looks at the importance of hieroglyphs today... Zobraziť viac
“1177 B.C. is a spectacular achievement—deftly adapted, beautifully drawn, and captivatingly colored by Glynnis Fawkes. . . . [She] doesn’t just bring history alive, she propels it across the page in an accessible, gripping way.”—Alison Bechdel, New... Zobraziť viac
The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. Each archaeological period is identified using different symbols and colours to show sites from the Stone Age through to the early Middle Ages against a modern map base,... Zobraziť viac
• A Collector''s Edition, with deluxe binding and cover.• A new introduction highlights the interplay between history and myth.• Introduces the characters, landscape and the culture.• The series spans history and the origins of modern fiction in myth... Zobraziť viac
The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Egypt is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites including Abu Simbel, the Valley of the... Zobraziť viac
The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state... Zobraziť viac
A convenient, single-volume vocabulary reference for Pars I of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series. This Latin-to-English glossary includes all of the vocabulary contained in "Familia Romana," ... Zobraziť viac
Presented via the natural method by Hans Ørberg, Aeneis Libros I et IV allows students to read lightly altered Latin texts. Zobraziť viac
Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us... Zobraziť viac
