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Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City
The rediscovery of Pompeii
in 1748 represented a
decisive moment for our
understanding of the Roman
world. To visit the site on
these pagesis to travel
... > full story
Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
The city of Rome is the
largest archeological site
in the world. If your idea
of a good Roman holiday is
uncovering the archeological
... > full story
The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art)
This essential guide to the
art and architecture of
ancient Mesoamerica
succinctly and evocatively
summarizes the artistic
... > full story
Aegean Art and Architecture (Oxford History of Art)
The amazing discovery of the
'first European
civilization' in Crete,
Greece and the Aegean
islands during the late
nineteenth and early
... > full story
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Pompeii: Public and Private Life (Revealing Antiquity)
Pompeii's tragedy is our windfall: an ancient city fully preserved, its urban design and domestic styles speaking across the ages. This richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured ... > read more -
The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the other monuments at Giza are of far more ancient ... > read more -
Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Fifth Edition)
Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been ... > read more -
The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk
A firsthand account of the discoveries at this seminal ancient site in Turkey, one of the first farming settlements in history.Çatalhöyük, in central Turkey, became internationally ... > read more -
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.
Since fossils have presumably existed for millions of years, why don't we see much paleontological thought from ancient writers? Classics scholar Adrienne Mayor suggests that we can, in fact, learn ... > read more -
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found—until now. ... > read more -
The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)
Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social ... > read more -
Seed of Knowledge, Stone of Plenty: Understanding the Lost Technology of the Ancient Megalith-Builders
Monuments in the Americas and beyond stand as silent testimony to the achievements of ancient technology. The scope of these mammoth structures has amazed generations. Could there be some ... > read more -
Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Names, Greetings, Insults, Sayings
The Egyptian hieroglyphic script is one of the most beautiful, fascinating, and expressive writing systems ever invented. In Ancient Egypt, only an elite few could read and write hieroglyphs, but now ... > read more -
The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition
This book traces the evolution of Maya civilization through the Pre-Columbian era, a span of some 2,500 years from the origins of complex society within Mesoamerica to the end of the Pre-Columbian ... > read more
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