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Empires & historical states

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Empires & historical states

Paperback. Offering insights into a lost world of: people's dress, their interior decoration and their view of their relationship, with the natural and supernatural worlds, this book portrays the pleasures of ancient Egypt life in textiles. It explains the work by providing a historical and mythic context, as well as technical explanations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AFW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Krannert Art Museum,US United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781883015312
ISBN
9781883015312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. Provides useful archaeological information with rich finds of the material culture such as pottery, metals, sculptures, coins, and inscriptions, as well as anthropological data allowing the paleodemographic reconstructions. This is the second volume of the publication of Panskoye I, a short-lived Greek rural site in Northwestern Crimea. Editor(s): Hannestad, Lise; Sceglov, Alexander. Num Pages: 350 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 322 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772887715
ISBN
9788772887715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.14

Paperback. In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, this title offers to specialists and lay readers alike an account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008806
ISBN
9780691008806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.19
€ 41.59

Hardback. This volume publishes 534 new Demotic graffiti recorded at the temple of Isis on Philae Island, presented with drawings and photographs. An essay interprets the role of the graffiti in understanding the political and religious activities at Philae during the last centuries of worship of the goddess Isis by Nubian priests and pilgrims. Series: Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lockwood Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040475
ISBN
9781937040475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.58

Paperback. The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE) was established in 1962 to foster research into the history, languages, social systems, and archaeology of the Egyptian people. The journal welcomes article submissions on all periods and aspects of Egyptian civilization. JARCE publishes articles in English, French or German. Editor(s): Cruz-Uribe, Eugene. Series: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GBCS; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Lockwood Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040451
ISBN
9781937040451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.37

Paperback. The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE) was established in 1962 to foster research into the history, languages, social systems, and archaeology of the Egyptian people. The journal welcomes article submissions on all periods and aspects of Egyptian civilization. JARCE publishes articles in English, French or German. Editor(s): Cruz-Uribe, Eugene. Series: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 1102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lockwood Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937040352
ISBN
9781937040352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.33

Paperback. Excavations of the Leckie Iron Age broch in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reflect the expansion of the Roman Empire into southern Scotland in the late first century AD Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 317 x 18. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Archaeopress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784914400
ISBN
9781784914400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.50

Paperback. This book is a study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily lives. Num Pages: 536 pages, 6 in-text illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199660667
ISBN
9780199660667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.71

Hardcover. Missionary Discourse examines missionary writings from India and southern Africa to explore colonial discourses about race, religion, gender and culture. The book is organised around three themes: family, sickness and violence, which were key areas of missionary concern, and important axes around which colonial difference was forged. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTQ; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296800
ISBN
9780230296800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Hardback. Translator(s): Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA). Series: Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. Num Pages: 375 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Abridged ed
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634067
ISBN
9780691634067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.61

Paperback. Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this book explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. It also features reading for courses on Hellenistic history. Editor(s): Erskine, Andrew. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 624 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132787
ISBN
9781405132787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Schwartz, Adam; Bloch, David. Series: Selskabet Til Historiske Kildeskrifters Oversaettelse. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897691
ISBN
9788772897691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBLA1; HPN; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416963
ISBN
9780674416963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. This revised edition builds upon the twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531874
ISBN
9781784531874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Baines, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25, 20 line drawings, 5 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390. The One and the Many. 296 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight: 392. Translator(s): Baines, John.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483844
ISBN
9780801483844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218. 160 pages, 1 map, 15 b&w photographs, 7 drawings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight: 218. Translator(s): Lorton, David.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487255
ISBN
9780801487255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Hallager, Erik; Riisager, Sine. Num Pages: 308 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1179.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345225
ISBN
9788779345225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.58

Paperback. Contents: Domestic Space in the Geometric Cyclades; Archaeological field work in ancient Kalydon; The Zea Habour Project 2001-06; A fresh approach to the problems of the Parthenon Frieze; The cult and political background of the Knidian Aphrodite; Sight, object, space. The notion of landscape in antiquity as a functional or an aesthetic category. Editor(s): Hallager, Erik; Jensen, Jesper. Num Pages: 212 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Edition
1st
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772887258
ISBN
9788772887258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.67

Paperback. .
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601632470
ISBN
9781601632470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.97

Hardback. Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other - Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners. This book demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148526
ISBN
9780691148526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.73
€ 63.27

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