200円 This photo tour is selected from photos I took on a trip to Egypt in November 2010. I have tried to show a different perspective with my 40+ photographs of the places that I visited. See such things as how the pyramids of Giza really look close-up, a "stepped" pyramid older than those at Giza, so...

2,102円 Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described no...

10,943円 Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition. Following an introduction on the history of the Roman theatre, the book provides a dramatic and cultu...

9,616円 There are many books devoted to explicating Jewish laws and customs relating to death and mourning and a wealth of studies addressing the significance of death practices around the world. However, never before has there been a study of the death and mourning practices of the founders of Judaism -...

299円 2 Oeuvres de Jacques-Antoine Dulaure Archéologue et historien français (1755-1835) Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 2 oeuvres Jacques-Antoine Dulaure éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'acc&ea...

496円 Leonard Kings A History of Sumer and Akkad is an authoritative history on the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia. The expansive text begins with an overview of the racial makeup of the people, the civilizations most notable cities, and the various dynasties of the kingdoms. Lastly, the cult...

612円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTORY II. SACRED SITES III. SACRED OBJECTS IV. SACRED RITES AND PRACTICES V. THE WORLD OF SPIRITS VI. THE GODS VII. THE PANTHEON VIII. CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND WORKS OF REFERENCE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE IN...

4,643円 Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book presents a groundbreaking theoretical analysis of memory, identity and culture. It investigates how cultures remember, arguing that human memory exists and is communicated in two ways, namely inter-human interaction and in external systems ...

1,856円 A brief and original prehistory of the world Prehistory covers human existence before written records, i.e. most of human existence. But it also refers to the discipline through which we scrutinize prehistoric times. PREHISTORY begins by looking at the discovery of a remote human past and the sub...

7,321円 This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history. Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient history Comprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholars Moves beyond the pri...

164円 Titus Flavius Josephus (37 circa 100) was a 1st-century Roman-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First JewishRoman War which resulted in the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. He has be...

1,408円 'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in th...