Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. This guide to the Palace of Nestor at Pylos (SW Greece) includes descriptions of nearby Mycenaean sites and sites discovered as a result of recent investigations by the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project. An appendix serves as a guide to the Chora Museum. Num Pages: 70 pages, 39 figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616406
- ISBN
- 9780876616406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.58
€ 12.58
paperback. No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. This work presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 608 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691029153
- ISBN
- 9780691029153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99€ 44.90
€ 64.99
€ 44.90
Antiquity on Display offers an insight into the history of the imaginative reproductions of architecture housed in Berlin's Pergamon Museum and the shifting regimes of the authentic in museum displays from the nineteenth century to the present. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 304 pages, 99 in text illustrations and 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AMX; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570553
- ISBN
- 9780199570553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.32
€ 143.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Price, Campbell; Forshaw, Roger; Chamberlain, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul. Num Pages: 520 pages, 10 maps, 17 colour illustrations, 122 black & white illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 248 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992439
- ISBN
- 9781784992439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.63
€ 165.63
Paperback. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 55, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857850
- ISBN
- 9780801857850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Paperback. The fifth-century B.C. poet Pindar remarked on the rich sculptural decoration of the Athenian Agora, and, indeed, over 3,500 pieces of various types of sculpture have been uncovered during its excavation. Num Pages: 52 pages, 51 col & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AFKB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616451
- ISBN
- 9780876616451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.13
€ 12.13
Paperback. An annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 CE) of the XII Panegyrici Latini, with the original Latin text prepared by R A B Mynors. Each panegyric has a thorough introduction, and detailed commentary on historical events, style, figures of speech, and rhetorical strategies accompanies the translations. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 750 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286252
- ISBN
- 9780520286252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685613
- ISBN
- 9780856685613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): MacDonald, Burton. Series: Sheffield Archaeological Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 71ill.33figs.64tabs. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- J.R. Collis Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780906090435
- ISBN
- 9780906090435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.02
€ 93.02
Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Rel...
Burney, E. W.; Malek, Jaromir
Hardback. Series: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 521 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; GBCR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Griffith Institute United Kingdom
- Edition
- Augmented
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900416156
- ISBN
- 9780900416156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.51
€ 85.51
Paperback. The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book examines how and why successive generations have understood this period differently. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192807281
- ISBN
- 9780192807281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307949738
- ISBN
- 9780307949738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback. Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 color illus. 96 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAG; ACG; AFK; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Art Museum United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780943012179
- ISBN
- 9780943012179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.48
€ 35.48
Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481968
- ISBN
- 9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Armadillo
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861476951
- ISBN
- 9781861476951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.78
€ 10.99
€ 9.78
Hardback. Takes a look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. This book highlights with fresh importance how classical Greek discoveries made possible deeply influential ways of thinking about the human subject. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138992
- ISBN
- 9780691138992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
The Secret of the Great Pyramid. How One Man's Obsession Led to the So...
Brier, Bob; Houdin, Jean-Pierre
Paperback. It took 20 years to build the Great Pyramid. By the time its capstone was laid in 2560 BC, the innovations born of the building quest had transformed agrarian Egypt into the world's most modern, most powerful nation. This book follows the progress of Hemienu, the architect who planned, organized and oversaw construction of the Great Pyramid. Num Pages: 240 pages, black and white illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; AMX; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061655531
- ISBN
- 9780061655531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.87
€ 17.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. This work presents a classification system and absolute chronology for black-gloss wares from Crete, establishing the first local and regional ceramic sequences during the period from 600 to 400 B.C. Num Pages: 380 pages, 7 col and 115 b/w figs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615454
- ISBN
- 9780876615454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.21
€ 99.21
Paperback. When the Romans came to Britain in AD 43, they brought a new style of domestic life, one that better-off Britons soon copied. This guide looks at how villas were built, and at the accommodation and daily life villa residents enjoyed - their living rooms and bedrooms, kitchens and baths, gardens and courtyards, and furniture and food. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841653310
- ISBN
- 9781841653310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.26
€ 8.26
Hardcover. A wide-ranging perspective on an extraordinary career Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of colour plates and 8 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJ; BM; JPHL; JPP; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538736
- ISBN
- 9781784538736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.64€ 48.00
€ 51.64
€ 48.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Southwater
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857236708
- ISBN
- 9780857236708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585107957
- ISBN
- 9781585107957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.64
€ 34.99
€ 26.64
Paperback. A narrative history of the cavalcade of archaeologists, charlatans, thieves, self-promoters, and sightseers who have flocked to the Nile Valley since early times to study - or steal - the wonders of ancient Egypt Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. A narrative history of the cavalcade of archaeologists, charlatans, thieves, self-promoters, and sightseers who have flocked to the Nile Valley since early times to study - or steal - the wonders of ancient Egypt Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some shelf wear including small nicks and scuff marks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KLJ0014619
- ISBN
- 9780813340616
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.99€ 15.79
€ 15.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Presents history of the monument to the Roman Empire in Britain. Taking into account research findings about the building of the Wall, this title includes details about the Roman army, its religion and daily bureaucratic life. It features photos, maps and diagrams. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1QDAR; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 357
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 4th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140271829
- ISBN
- 9780140271829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64