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Before War: On Marriage, Hierarchy, and Our Matriarchal Origins
$27.00 Add to cartThe book Before War will change how its readers look at the world — by exposing the female roots of Western civilization. It draws on the evidence from anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, primato
- Author: Daeva, Elisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218214142
- Language: English
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: A Captivating Guide to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, M
$24.99 Add to cartYou probably have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But how much do you really know about?
The ancient world was home to some of the greatest civilizations in history. The Egyptians, the
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168640
- Language: English
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Life in Biblical Israel
$70.00 Add to cartThis special-edition volume of the Library of Ancient Israel, based on the latest research, presents a vivid description of the world of Ancient Israel, covering such topics as domestic life, the mean
- Series: Library of Ancient Israel
- Author: King, Philip J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0664221483
- Language: English
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfter surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for a thousan… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199236119
- Language: English
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The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery
$17.99 Add to cartThe Secret of the Great Pyramid is a thrilling intellectual adventure story about the most exciting discovery in Egyptology in decades. Bob Brier, along with French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin, tells
- Author: Brier, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0061655538
- Language: English
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The Yoruba People: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Yorubas and Yoruba Mythology
$25.99 Add to cartLearn about one of the largest people groups in Africa!
The Yorubas are an interesting people with a rich cultural heritage that can be traced back to many centuries ago. The history of the Yorubas is
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: January 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1637165587
- Language: English
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Ancient China: An Enthralling Overview of Chinese History, Starting from the Settlement at the Yellow River through the Xia, Shang, Z
$26.99 Add to cartIt has become a common theme in today’s world to talk about the incredible technological and economic development of modern China. However, there are very strong historical roots to the exponential gr
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887651781
- Language: English
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History’s Greatest Treasures
$20.00 Add to cartSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER – From the award-winning historian and broadcaster comes an immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shar… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Bettany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0593686152
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartThe calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It’s hard to imagine a world without Italian influence–and easy to assume that inventions like these cou
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011456
- Language: English
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Ages in Chaos IV: The Dark Age of Greece
$41.99 Add to cartThe Dark Age of Greece is the latest entry in the Ages in Chaos series first put forth by the late Immanuel Velikovsky in 1952; and is one more key brick in the reconstruction of ancient history propo
- Series: Ages in Chaos #IV
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 530
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1906833591
- Language: English
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2: From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom
$27.99 Add to cart“Another solid work of history from an author and historian who truly grasps the mysteries of ancient Egypt.” – Kirkus Reviews
Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of A- Series: History of Ancient Egypt
- Author: Romer, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1250833493
- Language: English
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Stone Age Religion at Goebekli Tepe
$19.80 Add to cartExcavation of Goebekli Tepe has revealed the hitherto unknown religion of the “Neolithic Revolution.” Almost twelve millennia ago the cult was established, at the northern end of the Fertile Crescent,… [more below]
- Author: Luckert, Karl W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: June 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0983907226
- Language: English
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The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
$27.95 Add to cartThe true structure and workings of the human body are, we casually assume, everywhere the same, a universal reality. But when we look into the past, our sense of reality wavers: accounts of the body i
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Kuriyama, Shigehisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0942299892
- Language: English
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A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
$32.50 Add to cartThe recent interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs has given us the first written history of the New World as it existed before the European invasion. In this book, two of the first central figures in the
- Author: Freidel, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: December 09 2020
- ISBN10: 0688112048
- Language: English
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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Grammar: A Handbook for Beginners
$11.95 Add to cartThis handbook begins with a discussion of the nature of Middle Egyptian and its script, followed by instructions for forming nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals, verbs, and other grammatic elements…. [more below]
- Series: Egypt
- Author: Roeder, Gunther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 30 2002
- ISBN10: 0486425096
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: A Life
$24.99 Add to cartMarcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity who still speaks to us today, more than two thousand years after his death. His Meditations has been compared by John Stuart Mill … [more below]
- Author: McLynn, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: August 10 2010
- ISBN10: 0306819163
- Language: English
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The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors
$16.95 Add to cartStarting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe
The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Siculus, Diodorus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198759886
- Language: English
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The Secret History
$17.00 Add to cartA trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire’s official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor’s reign. Yet… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Procopius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0140455280
- Language: English
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People
$15.00 Add to cart‘With God’s help, I, Bede … have assembled these facts about the history of the Church in Britain … from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge’
Written in AD 731, Bed- Series: Classics S
- Author: Bede
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 1991
- ISBN10: 014044565X
- Language: English
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Roman Mythology: A Guide to Roman History, Gods, and Goddesses
$14.99 Add to cartROMAN MYTHOLOGY
Roman mythology is closely linked in our minds to Greek mythology, and for a good reason. As Rome evolved into an empire, its people began to long for a mythical history to solidify Rom
- Author: Parr, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 54
- Publish Date: March 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1761038303
- Language: English
