Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World
$29.99 Add to cartIt is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on … [more below]
- Author: Brier, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0197635059
- Language: English
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The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery
$50.00 Read moreOn November 4, 1922, Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter’s long search in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings drew to a triumphant close: Tutankhamun’s tomb had been found. As news of the discovery spread, and a
- Author: Reeves, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0500052166
- Language: English
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The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
$28.00 Read moreThe author of How to Be a Stoic asks what might be philosophy’s ultimate question: can we learn to be better people?
Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to te
- Author: Pigliucci, Massimo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1541646975
- Language: English
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The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, and considered an enigma. The Spartan- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bayliss, Andrew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 26 2022
- ISBN10: 019878760X
- Language: English
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The Story of Egypt
$17.95 Add to cartThe story of the world’s greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that have shaped the world. It is full of spectacular cities and epic stories–an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes… [more below]
- Author: Fletcher, Joann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1681774569
- Language: English
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Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
$55.00 Read moreGladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire.
The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in
Empire.- Author: de la Bédoyère, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 526
- Publish Date: December 04 2020
- ISBN10: 022675023X
- Language: English
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Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan
$19.95 Read morePresenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country’s most famous travel destinations.
This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hun- Author: Marks, Andreas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 4805313102
- Language: English
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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination
$20.00 Add to cartIn this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).
Julius Caesar was stabbed to d- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1451668813
- Language: English
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Lives of the Early Martyrs
$20.00 Add to cartWhat happened to the Apostles? How did the early Christians live? Why did the Romans and other peoples try to destroy them with such brutality? Those answers are all provided in Fr. Pedro de Ribadeney
- Author: Ribadeneyra, Pedro De
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: April 07 2023
- ISBN10: 195374608X
- Language: English
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Indian Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Add to cartBeautiful edition with a new introduction to the history of the land and the people, highlighting the origins of myth and folklore.
The story of Ancient India, the vast land that stretches from the Hi- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Dalal, Roshen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1804176176
- Language: English
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The Republic
$14.99 Add to cartThe Republic by Plato is a philosophical work that explores the ideal state and the nature of justice. Through dialogues and debates, Plato presents his vision of a just society, discussing topics su… [more below]
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 06 2023
- ISBN10: 935856167X
- Language: English
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Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
$20.00 Add to cartMary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Ale… [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0871408597
- Language: English
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The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics
$27.95 Add to cartThe Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classi
- Series: Princeton Classics #33
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0691181020
- Language: English
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The Metaphysics
$14.00 Read more“All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge,” declared Aristotle. The philosopher’s works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or “first philos… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0486817490
- Language: English
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Egyptian Magic
$17.95 Read moreFor millennia, Egypt, the dark land, has been considered the home of magic. The feats of her priests and magicians were renowned throughout the ancient world, from the simplest legerdemain (according
- Series: Egypt
- Author: Budge, E. A. Wallis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0486226816
- Language: English
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On Life and Death
$16.95 Add to cartMarcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome’s greatest orator, had a career of intense activity in politics, the law courts and the administration, mostly in Rome. His fortunes, however, followed those of… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Cicero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199644144
- Language: English
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The Trojan War
$12.99 Add to cartThe Iliad, Homer’s epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive archa… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0199760276
- Language: English
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Theaetetus
$15.95 Add to cart‘What exactly is knowledge?’
The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato’s finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever b- Series: Oxford Worlds Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199646163
- Language: English
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The Complete Euripides: Volume I: Trojan Women and Other Plays
$15.99 Add to cartBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Tran… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Burian, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0195388674
- Language: English
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Antigone
$13.99 Add to cartOedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact … [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0195143108
- Language: English
