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Empires & historical states

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802033
ISBN
9780192802033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. We now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood and precious metals. This edition showcases the artistic endeavours of the ancient Greeks. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Fifth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204337
ISBN
9780500204337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics. Editor(s): Bodel, John. Series: Approaching the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116244
ISBN
9780415116244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Revealing the secrets of Linear B uncovers fascinating details of an ancient civilisation. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 174 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; CFLA; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107691766
ISBN
9781107691766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.20

Hardcover. The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC. Translator(s): Finkel, Irving L. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714111872
ISBN
9780714111872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.57

Hardback. Narrates the seismic events of this dramatic decade of warfare that recast the map of the ancient world. Shows how wars raging from India to North Africa were interconnected. Puts Roman expansion in wider context Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848252
ISBN
9781848848252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846140891
ISBN
9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The best single-volume reference book for classical battles. Brings together the accounts of the ancient historians and isIdeal for Wargamers Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 maps 18 battle plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848327900
ISBN
9781848327900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.60

paperback. When the site of Elean Pylos was threatened by the construction of a dam in 1968, a team from the University of Colorado moved in to salvage as much information as possible about the ancient town before it was submerged. This report is divided chronologically: Middle Helladic, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Roman, Byzantine and Frankish. Series: Hesperia supplements. Num Pages: 192 pages, xvi + 176 pp, 22 ills, 4 maps, 5 figs, 54 pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Volume XXI ed.
SKU
V9780876615218
ISBN
9780876615218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

Paperback. This is the first volume in the final publication of the University of Cincinnati s investigations on the island of Keos. It describes the excavation of a small site on the headland of Kephala, about one kilometer north of the Bronze Age site of Ayia Irini." Series: Keos S. Num Pages: 166 pages, 95 b/w pls, tbs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 308 x 23. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876617014
ISBN
9780876617014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.69

Hardcover. Around the year 117 AD, the Ninth Legion, stationed at Eburacum - modern day York - marched north to suppress a rebellion of the Caledonian tribes, and was never heard of again. During the 1860s, a wingless Roman Eagle was discovered during excavations at the village of Silchester in Hampshire, puzzling archaeologists and scholars alike. Illustrator(s): Hodges, C.Walter. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 5AG; YFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857155204
ISBN
9781857155204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

paperback. This volume represents a pioneering examination of the nature and identities of Aegean prehistory as a discipline. Emerging from a workshop that generated lively debate among a wide cross-section of scholars, it offers one of the first published attempts to situate Aegean prehistory within a modern self-critical and reflexive context. Series: Kelsey Museum Publications. Num Pages: 179 pages, 30 black & white figures, 11 bs. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1QDA; HDDA; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780974187310
ISBN
9780974187310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.41

Hardback. A Handbook to the Reception of Ovid presents more than 30 original essays written by leading scholars revealing the rich diversity of critical engagement with Ovid s poetry that spans the Western tradition from antiquity to the present day. Editor(s): Miller, John F.; Newlands, Carole E. Series: HCRZ - Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 252 x 30. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339673
ISBN
9781444339673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.23

Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780906094143
ISBN
9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 74.81

Hardback. Sinan was the greatest architect of the Ottoman Golden Age of the sixteenth century when the Ottoman Empire reached its zenith of power and magnificence. His style marks the apogee of Turkish art. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 336 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Compact edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500343111
ISBN
9780500343111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.96

Paperback. Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic and maths puzzles, and jokes and cartoons. Series: British Museum Colouring Books. Num Pages: 16 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 5AF; YBGC; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 277 x 198 x 4. Weight in Grams: 92. Series: British Museum Colouring Books. 16 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic and maths puzzles, and jokes and cartoons. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 5AF; YBGC; YNH. Dimension: 277 x 198 x 4. Weight: 92.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
16
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714121857
ISBN
9780714121857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.21

Paperback. Series: Dover History Coloring Book. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; YBGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 278 x 6. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486297675
ISBN
9780486297675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810855915
ISBN
9780810855915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

Paperback. In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging techniques and other scientific approaches to further study Egyptian mummies. This book draws on research to reveal the actual experience of living and dying in the ancient Nile Valley. Num Pages: 192 pages, 225 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714119120
ISBN
9780714119120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Paperback. 160 pages, 120 colour illustrations. Addresses some of the frequently asked questions about Egyptian mummies: how and why they were made, the religious beliefs which underpinned mummification, the preservation of animals, and how the mummies have been treated from ancient times until the present day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Dimension: 224 x 171 x 16. Weight: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150581
ISBN
9780714150581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

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