Ancient
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The Curse of the Somers: The Secret History Behind the U.S. Navy’s Most Infamous Mutiny
$28.99 Add to cartA detailed and riveting account of the U.S. Navy’s greatest mutiny and its wide-ranging cultural and historical impact
The greatest controversy in the history of the U.S. Navy of the early American Re- Author: Delgado, James P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197575226
- Language: English
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Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt
$34.95 Add to cartA Book Riot 100 Must-Read Book on Ancient History
Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of deat- Author: Ikram, Salima
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 01 2015
- ISBN10: 9774166876
- Language: English
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Florida’s First People: 12,000 Years of Human History
$29.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive look at the first humans in Florida combines contemporary archaeology, the writings of early European explorers, and experiments to present a vivid history of the state’s original i
- Author: Brown, Robin C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 22 2013
- ISBN10: 1561646288
- Language: English
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Dialogues of Plato
$8.99 Add to cartIn these influential dialogues–Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Symposium–Plato employs the dialectic method to examine the trial and death of his mentor, Socrates, and address the eternal q… [more below]
- Series: Enriched Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 21 2010
- ISBN10: 1439169489
- Language: English
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Ancient Israel: An Enthralling Guide to Jewish Kingdoms and the Israelites
$26.99 Add to cartThe ancient Israelites introduced one of the first monotheistic religions in the world. And it is still practiced today!
The ancient Israelites emerged from Mount Sinai onto the hilly plains of Canaan
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887652313
- Language: English
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up Volume 71
$18.95 Add to cart“Superbly acute and unashamedly complex.”–The Telegraph
“Rich and provocative.”–Times Literary Supplement
“An engaging exploration.”–The New Yorker
“The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another c- Series: Sather Classical Lectures
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0520401492
- Language: English
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Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline [With DVD]
$34.99 Read moreAdults and children alike have been fascinated with the Egyptian civilization for decades, but most modern archaeologists have lately tried to use Egyptian chronology to dispute the biblical record of
- Author: Ashton, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: October 18, 2006
- ISBN10: 0890514682
- Language: English
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Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
$30.60 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology–from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s t- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0691183236
- Language: English
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The Book of the Sword: With 293 Illustrations
$19.95 Read more“The history of the sword is the history of humanity.” With these words, British author, Victorian scholar, and world traveler Richard Burton begins his eloquent and exceptionally erudite history of t
- Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
- Author: Burton, Sir Richard F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0486254348
- Language: English
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Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome
$21.99 Add to cartA stunning biography of history’s most infamous warlord, Attila the Hun
For a crucial twenty years in the early fifth century, Attila held the fate of the Roman Empire and the future of all Europe in- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 17 2009
- ISBN10: 0312539398
- Language: English
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Aladdin’s Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
$20.00 Add to cartAladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the … [more below]
- Author: Freely, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0307277836
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the lar… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0198706154
- Language: English
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Constantine the Emperor
$28.99 Add to cartNo Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity, but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along … [more below]
- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190231629
- Language: English
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
$21.99 Add to cartWorld-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz explores the reality behind the bestselling fiction she writes (as Elizabeth Peters) and casts a dazzling light on a remarkable civilization.
Afascinating chro
- Author: Mertz, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0061252778
- Language: English
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Jesus: A New Vision
$29.95 Add to cartJesus: A New Vision is a completely new look at the life of Jesus, what happened after his crucifixion and how his story completely overturned the old pagan religion of the Roman empire and altered hi
- Author: Strieber, Whitley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1734202858
- Language: English
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Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman’s Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems
$17.99 Add to cart“In the tradition of the best immersive journalism.” -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
A bold examination of how Paleolithic wisdom could solve our 21st century problems
Jessica Care
- Author: Carew Kraft, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1728293553
- Language: English
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A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a “clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist” (Booklist) history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our underst… [more below]
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 141976019X
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography of the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conqueror of the Persians, and the visionary ruler of a vast empire–from one of the world’s foremost scho… [more below]
- Author: Cartledge, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1400079195
- Language: English
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Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
$30.00 Add to cartIn 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact–a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines fro
- Author: Mazza, Roberta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1503632504
- Language: English
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The War for Gaul: A New Translation
$16.95 Add to cartA translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar’s account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul
Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 069121669X
- Language: English
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