Two great cities. One fierce rivalry. Countless untold stories. Athens and Sparta were the two big players in Ancient Greece. United, they helped lead the Greeks in defeating the great Persian invasion. Divided, they spread conflict and destruction... Zobraziť viac
An account of the prehistory and archaeology of the Orkney archipelago – a fusion of archaeological, historical and topographic writing. Zobraziť viac
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology. Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’... Zobraziť viac
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever“A landmark book: lucid,... Zobraziť viac
In the origins of Ancient India lie the seeds of gods and legends that populate the mythologies, philosophies and culture of the continent. From the migrations of the earliest people into the basin of the Indus and the city of Harappan, to the rise of... Zobraziť viac
The world of Amenhotep, Tutankhamun and Ramses is a story of survival and human ingenuity, which flourished into the enduring civilisation of the Ancient Egyptians, as the first people of North Africa gathered around the Nile to create a legacy that... Zobraziť viac
The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth... Zobraziť viac
Sv. 4: Dějiny filosofie zahrnující řeckou filosofii od Platóna po Plótina (P. Merlan), Filóna a počátky křesťanského myšlení (H. Chadwick), Plótina (A. H. Armstrong), pozdější novoplatoniky (A. C. Lloyd)... Zobraziť viac
Příručka je určená pro studenty oboru Latina a vychází z programu vyučování, jeho požadavků a také předpokládá zdokonalení této látky na další etapě studia, magisterské. Z ohledu na charakter oboru jsou vyčleněny pouze... Zobraziť viac
Dějiny oblasti již od počátků křesťanství přes byzantskou a sasánovskou říši až po současnost nám přibližují fascinující spojení křesťanství a islámu. Přední anglický znalec nám tak zprostředkovává téma v současné době nanejvýš aktuální. Zobraziť viac
Kniha Objavenie Tróje je desiatym zväzkom súborného diela vydania diel Vojtecha Zamarovského - nášho najlepšieho autora literatúry faktu... Zobraziť viac
Objevte jednu z největších civilizací, která kdy obývala naši planetu. Velká kniha Starověký Egypt je doplněným a opraveným překladem z anglického originálu Book of Ancient Egypt britského vydavatelství Future Publishing. Čeká vás... Zobraziť viac
Dvoudílná publikace, zaměřená na jedno z nejdynamičtějších a nejskvělejších období historie starověkého Egypta, je věnována dvěma panovníkům - chlapeckému panovníku Tutanchamonovi a dobyvateli Ramessi II. Zobraziť viac
Now available in paperback, The Persians tells the story of this cultured ancient civilization, tracing the unique features of Persian life as well as their influence down the centuries. This book describes the difficulties early Persians encountered... Zobraziť viac
Battles of the Bible Illustrated Atlas introduces 20 key battles, each with a contextual introduction, a description of the action, and an analysis of the aftermath. A specially-commissioned map illustrating the dispositions and movement of forces... Zobraziť viac
A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging... Zobraziť viac
The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted ... Zobraziť viac
Greek artist Domínikos Theotokópoulos, usually referred to as El Greco, is considered one of the most outstanding artists of the late sixteenth century. He became... Zobraziť viac
Beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best. This real-life story will never leave you. Yeshua lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that existed long before his birth. His birth had been... Zobraziť viac
Ancient Greece and Rome are considered the parents of Western civilisation. But the ancient world was much more interconnected than we realise - a place of constant exchange, commerce and theft, sex, war and enslavement. Journeying from the Levant of ... Zobraziť viac
