619円 The Crusades: A Documentary Survey by James A. Brundage is one of the most compelling and accessible gateways into the world of medieval crusading ー a curated journey through the letters, chronicles, papal decrees, eyewitness testimonies, and battlefield accounts that shaped one of history's mos...

9,948円 Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha’ al-Din Ibn Shaddad’s account of his life and career. Ibn Shaddad (1144-1234) was clearly a great admirer of Saladin and was a close associa...

300円 This carefully crafted ebook: "Salammbô - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Salammbô is a historical novel about a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general. Salammbô is t...

1,170円 A golden-ratio-based geometric model unveils the Great Pyramid’s sophisticated design and accounts with astonishing accuracy for all details of its internal and external architecture. The model values match the measurements of W.F. Petrie or G. Dormion within 1 cm or 5', respectively for the leng...

453円 According to tradition, when Romulus, founder of Rome, asked for a divine sign, twelve eagles swooped down from the heavens. In ancient occult lore this portended twelve hundred years existence for Rome. The founding occurred in 753 B.C.; the last Roman emperor vanished from his throne in A.D. 47...

602円 Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovered the tomb in 1817, and he im-mediately realized its importance, describing it as “the principal, the most perfect and splendid monument in that country”(Belzoni 1820). In this book Belzoni describes the excavations, the difficulties encountered during this extr...

4,510円 Egypt has undergone significant economic liberalization under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the European Commission. Yet after more than four decades of economic reform, the Egyptian economy still fails to meet popular expectations for inclusive growt...

2,653円 The discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 was perhaps the world's most important archaeological find. The only near-intact royal tomb to be preserved in the Valley of the Kings, it has supplied an astonishing wealth of artifacts, spurred a global fascination with ancient Egypt, and inspire...

1,858円 More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun's desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut's mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king's tomb, ...

1,592円 The Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really? We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructiv...

602円 This hymn to Osiris is engraved on a semi-circular stele of limestone which forms part of the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris. It comprises 28 lines of hieroglyphics, in a very good state of preservation, excepting only that the name of the god Amon, which once figured in severa...

663円 La Historia, propiamente dicha, comenzó cuando el hombre logró desarrollar una civili- zación capaz de legar testimonios escritos, por medio de los cuáles podemos reconstruir el pasado de la humanidad....