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Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphas- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0198805888
- Language: English
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Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun’s Dynasty
$35.00 Read moreA vivid story of an astonishing period in ancient Egypt’s history–1550 BC to 1295 BC–that tears away the gold and glamour to reveal how these great pharaohs ruthlessly ruled Egypt for two hundred an… [more below]
- Author: de Jes?s, Gerardo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363068
- Language: English
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A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
$18.95 Read moreFrom the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt’s ancient past took place in an
- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0393882403
- Language: English
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Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome’s Greatest Enemy
$39.95 Read moreThe Romans’ destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal’s life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every in… [more below]
- Author: Gabriel, Richard A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1597976865
- Language: English
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The Thinking Root: The Poetry of Earliest Greek Philosophy
$18.00 Add to cartAcclaimed poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick offers this newest addition to the Seedbank series: a warm, vivid rendering of the earliest Greek intellects, inviting us to reconsider writing, and thin… [more below]
- Series: Seedbank
- Author: Beachy-Quick, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1571315446
- Language: English
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From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics
$29.99 Add to cart“The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact.” –C. S. Lewis In From Achilles to Christ, Louis Markos introduces readers to the great narratives of classical mythology from a Christian p
- Author: Markos, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0830825932
- Language: English
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Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination — mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generati- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Shaw, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198845464
- Language: English
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A History of Modern Japan: In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present
$16.99 Add to cart“Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan’s turbocharged (and painful) modernization.” –The Daily Telegraph
In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the un- Author: Harding, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315970
- Language: English
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Ages in Chaos I: From the Exodus to King Akhnaton
$39.99 Add to cartThis is the first volume of the series Ages in Chaos, in which Immanuel Velikovsky undertakes a reconstruction of the history of antiquity. With utmost precision and the exciting style of a presentati
- Series: Ages in Chaos #1
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1906833532
- Language: English
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The Twelve Caesars
$16.00 Add to cart‘Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the mo
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0140455167
- Language: English
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Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
$18.95 Add to cartDrawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire–and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #9
- Author: Barrett, Anthony a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0691233942
- Language: English
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
$18.95 Add to cartThis papyrus is long known as the standard version of The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife and this book served these beliefs for more than 3000 years. It provides ins
- Author: Budge, E. a. Wallis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1585093653
- Language: English
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The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories
$25.95 Add to cartWho was Pandora and what was in her famous box? How did Achilles get his Achilles heel? What exactly is a Titan? And why is one computer virus known as a Trojan horse?
The myths of ancient Greece and … [more below]
- Series: Myths
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0500251738
- Language: English
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Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop
$18.99 Add to cartWhat good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the “know-how” of life, but the “know-why”–the
- Author: Puchner, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074507
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
$19.95 Read moreA major new history of classical Greece–how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from it
Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. T- Series: Princeton History of the Ancient World #1
- Author: Ober, Josiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 691173141
- Language: English
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Catiline’s Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories
$15.95 Add to cartSallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust’s abrupt… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Sallust
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0192823450
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
$40.83 Add to cartAn innovative account of the life of Tutankhamun, the rediscovery of his existence, and the enduring impact of the finding of his tomb, by leading Egyptologist Aidan Dodson
The spectacular discovery o- Series: Lives and Afterlives
- Author: Dodson, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1649031610
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology: A Complete Guide to Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, and Ancient Greece
$14.99 Add to cartGREEK MYTHOLOGY
If you want to enter the world of Greek mythology and to learn about its heroes and villains, this book has all of it in store for you
This book covers a wide variety of the fam
- Author: Walsh, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1761035991
- Language: English
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Signs & Symbols of Primordial Man: The Evolution of Religious Doctrines from the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians
$17.95 Add to cartThe Evolution of Religious Doctrines From the Eschatology of the Ancient Egyptians. “In writing the explanation of the Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, I have gone back to the foundation of the hu… [more below]
- Author: Churchward, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 501
- Publish Date: August 17 2010
- ISBN10: 1617590010
- Language: English
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History of Ancient Egypt
$45.00 Add to cartThe ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws o… [more below]
- Series: History of Ancient Egypt #1
- Author: Romer, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1250030110
- Language: English
