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Egyptian Mummies Hb (Hardcover, New Ed): Smith Egyptian Mummies Hb (Hardcover, New Ed)
Smith
R5,961 Discovery Miles 59 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Egyptian Mummies" is regarded by egyptologists as the classic account of mummification in ancient Egypt. Originally published in 1924, its re-issue in complete form will be welcomed by all those who have sought rare second hand copies in vain. This book provides the most comprehensive account available of the technical processes and materials employed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers together with a historical analysis of their modification throughout the dynastic period. The authors draw on fully illustrated archaeological and pathological evidence together with Egyptian and Greek textual references to provide a thorough survey of the mummification process and attendant funeral ceremonies, and to offer clues to an understanding of the custom's significance and the reasons for its adoption.

Mesopotamia Before History (Hardcover, Rev. and updated ed): Petr Charvat Mesopotamia Before History (Hardcover, Rev. and updated ed)
Petr Charvat
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible.
Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to the time of the early states, c. 100,000 BC to 2334 BC. The narrative is supplemented by numerous descriptions of the principal archaeological sites for each phase, and by conclusions outlining the most important developments and changes.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203164814

Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover): Alan H. Sommerstein Greek Drama and Dramatists (Hardcover)
Alan H. Sommerstein
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of classical, literary and theatrical subjects, and Alan H. Sommerstein's accessible study is the ideal introduction.
The book begins by looking at the social and theatrical contexts and different characteristics of the three genres of ancient Greek drama. It then examines the five main dramatists whose works survive - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander - discussing their styles, techniques and ideas, and giving short synopses of all their extant plays.

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta - A Regional History 1300-362 BC (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Paul Cartledge Hellenistic and Roman Sparta - A Regional History 1300-362 BC (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Paul Cartledge
R3,938 Discovery Miles 39 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Sparta is one of the best-documented states of ancient Greece. Its political and social systems have fascinated and perplexed generations of classical scholars, as well as having a powerful influence on European civilization to this day. In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta.
The book explores both the city-state of Sparta and the territory of Lakonia which it unified and exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological and environmental perspectives, its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture, to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.

Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations - From Prehistory to 640 Ce (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Ralph W. Mathisen Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations - From Prehistory to 640 Ce (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Ralph W. Mathisen
R2,898 Discovery Miles 28 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ancient Mathematics (Hardcover): Serafina Cuomo Ancient Mathematics (Hardcover)
Serafina Cuomo
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The theorem of Pythagoras, Euclid's "Elements", Archimedes' method to find the volume of a sphere: all parts of the invaluable legacy of ancient mathematics. But ancient mathematics was also about counting and measuring, surveying land and attributing mystical significance to the number six.
This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices. The period covered ranges from the fifth century BC to the sixth century AD, with the focus on the Mediterranean region. Topics include:
* mathematics and politics in classical Greece
* the formation of mathematical traditions
* the self-image of mathematicians in the Graeco-Roman period
* mathematics and Christianity
* and the use of the mathematical past in late antiquity.

The Roman World (Paperback, Reissue): John Wacher The Roman World (Paperback, Reissue)
John Wacher
R2,492 R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Save R977 (39%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, it is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available. Ranging from the founding of Rome in the eighth century BC, and throughout the Empire and beyond this book will continue to be an essential resource on the subject for many years to come.

Socrates Against Athens - Philosophy on Trial (Hardcover): James A. Colaiaco Socrates Against Athens - Philosophy on Trial (Hardcover)
James A. Colaiaco
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


As an essential companion to Plato's Apology and Crito this book provides valuable historical and cultural context for our understanding of the trial of Socrates. The complexity and significance of the trial is illuminated through discussion of such important elements as the nature of Athenian democracy, the polis ideal, Greek shame culture, Athenian religion, civil disobedience, and Socrates' rejection of politics.
Colaiaco's approach is unique because he does justice both to Socrates and to Athens by demonstrating their individual strengths and weaknesses - and ultimately, their tragic incompatibility. Another highlight is that he provides a comprehensive picture of this conflict - essentially Socrates' radical challenge to traditional Athenian values - within the necessary historical and cultural context so that readers are better able to grasp the complexity and significance inherent to this trial.

The Prophets of Israel and their Place in History (Paperback): Lee Rainwater The Prophets of Israel and their Place in History (Paperback)
Lee Rainwater
R1,403 Discovery Miles 14 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the history of nineteenth-century religious thought, William Robertson Smith occupies an ambiguous position. More than any other writer, he stimulated the theories of religion later advanced by Frazer, Durkheim, and Freud. Smith himself was not an original scholar, but was rather "clever at presenting other men's theories" within new and sometimes hostile contexts. Smith was an important contributor to two of the most serious challenges to Christian orthodoxy of the last century, the "Higher Criticism" of the Bible and the comparative study of religion, and was also the victim of the last successful heresy trial in Great Britain. Yet he was an utterly devout Protestant, whose views on Biblical criticism (for which he was damned) are now considered as true as his views on totemism and sacrifice (for which he was praised) are now considered false.

Despite Smith's enormous significance for the history of religious ideas, he has been written about relatively little, and most of what we know about his life and work comes from a source almost a century old. Originally published in 1882, The Prophets of Israel is a collection of eight lectures, including "Israel and Jehovah;" "Jehovah and the Gods of the Nations," "Amos and the House of Jehu," "Hosea and the Fall of Ephraim," "The Kingdom of Judah and the Beginnings of Isaiah's Work," "The Earlier Prophesies of Isaiah," "Isaiah and Micah in the Reign of Hezekiah," and "The Deliverance from Assyria."

A new introduction by Robert Alun Jones discusses Smith's early life, the heresy trial, Smith's early view of prophecy, and the classic text itself. The book will be of interest to students and teachers of religious studies, and general readers interested in Robertson Smith.

Cleopatras (Paperback, New Ed): John Whitehorne Cleopatras (Paperback, New Ed)
John Whitehorne
R1,178 Discovery Miles 11 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Although there are many books written about the most famous Cleopatra, this is the only study in English devoted to her less well-known but equally illustrious namesakes.
Cleopatras traces the turbulent lives and careers of these historically important women, examining in particular the earlier Macedonian and Ptolemaic Cleopatras, and the impact of their dynastic marriages on the history of the Hellenistic world. John Whitehorne also evaluates current views of Cleopatra VII's dramatic suicide, and considers the evolving political significance of royal women in the last three centuries BC.
Clearly and engagingly written, Cleopatras reveals the true significance to the ruling dynasties of the 34 known Cleopatras who were not Cleopatra the Great, and illuminates some fascinating but little-known aspects of ancient Greek and Egyptian history along the way.

Temple Places - Excavating cultural sustainability in prehistoric Malta (Hardcover): Caroline Malone Temple Places - Excavating cultural sustainability in prehistoric Malta (Hardcover)
Caroline Malone
R1,737 Discovery Miles 17 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Women of Babylon - Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia (Hardcover): Zainab Bahrani Women of Babylon - Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
Zainab Bahrani
R3,917 Discovery Miles 39 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Representations of sexual difference (whether visual or textual) have become an area of much theoretical concern and investigation in recent feminist scholarship. Yet although a wide range of relevant evidence survives from the ancient Near East, it has been exceptional for those studying women in the ancient world to stray outside the traditional bounds of Greece and Rome.
Women of Babylon is a much-needed historical/art historical study that investigates the concepts of femininity which prevailed in Assyro-Babylonian society. Zainab Bahrani's detailed analysis of how the culture of ancient Mesopotamia defined sexuality and gender roles both in, and through, representation is enhanced by a rich selection of visual material extending from 6500 BC - 1891 AD. Professor Bahrani also investigates the ways in which women of the ancient Near East have been perceived in classical scholarship up to the nineteenth century.

A History of Civilisation in Ancient India - Based on Sanscrit Literature: Volume I (Hardcover): Romesh Chunder Dutt A History of Civilisation in Ancient India - Based on Sanscrit Literature: Volume I (Hardcover)
Romesh Chunder Dutt
R8,613 Discovery Miles 86 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Roman Edessa - Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire, 114 - 242 C.E. (Hardcover): Steven K. Ross Roman Edessa - Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire, 114 - 242 C.E. (Hardcover)
Steven K. Ross
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Roman Edessa offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are:
* the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
* Edessene religion
* the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
* the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.

Economies Beyond Agriculture in the Classical World (Hardcover): David J. Mattingly, John. Salmon Economies Beyond Agriculture in the Classical World (Hardcover)
David J. Mattingly, John. Salmon
R3,933 Discovery Miles 39 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Series Information:
Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society

A History of Civilisation in Ancient India - Based on Sanscrit Literature: Volume II (Hardcover): Romesh Chunder Dutt A History of Civilisation in Ancient India - Based on Sanscrit Literature: Volume II (Hardcover)
Romesh Chunder Dutt
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The History of Esarhaddon - Budge |f Ernest A. (Hardcover): Ernest A. Budge The History of Esarhaddon - Budge |f Ernest A. (Hardcover)
Ernest A. Budge
R4,485 Discovery Miles 44 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From the Later Roman Empire to Late Antiquity and Beyond (Hardcover): Averil Cameron From the Later Roman Empire to Late Antiquity and Beyond (Hardcover)
Averil Cameron
R3,758 Discovery Miles 37 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Averil Cameron is one of the leading historians of late antiquity and Byzantium. This collection (Cameron's third in the Variorum series) discusses the changing approach among historians of the later Roman empire from the 1960s to the present and the articles reproduced have been chosen to reflect both these wider changes in treatments of the subject as well as Cameron's own development as a historian over many decades. It provides a revealing and important survey of some profound historiographical changes. Her volume contains fundamental papers and reviews that tell a story in which she has played a leading part herself. They move from her early days as an ancient historian to her important contribution in the establishment of the field of late antiquity and point to her later work as a Byzantinist, a trajectory rivalled by few other scholars. The book will be important for scholars and students of the later Roman empire and late antiquity, and for anyone interested in the inheritance of Edward Gibbon, the perennial questions about the end of the Roman empire and its supposed decline, or the emergence of Islam in the early seventh century and its relation to the late antique world.

A History of Greece - From the Time of Solon to 403 BC (Hardcover, Abridged Ed): George Grote A History of Greece - From the Time of Solon to 403 BC (Hardcover, Abridged Ed)
George Grote; Edited by M.O.B. Caspari, J.M. Mitchell; Introduction by Paul Cartledge
R4,031 Discovery Miles 40 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


'George Grote was one of the most remarkable minds of the early Victorian age Routledge's reissue prefaced with an illuminating new introduction by Paul Cartledge, provides the best chance that there is likely to be of bringing him to a modern readership.' - Richard Jenkins, London Review of Books

The Song of the Cell - An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Hardcover): Siddhartha Mukherjee The Song of the Cell - An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Hardcover)
Siddhartha Mukherjee
R904 R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Save R203 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pharoah'S Gateway To Eternity - The Hawara Labyrinth of King Amenemhat III (Hardcover): Eric P. Uphill Pharoah'S Gateway To Eternity - The Hawara Labyrinth of King Amenemhat III (Hardcover)
Eric P. Uphill
R7,135 Discovery Miles 71 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Scholars opinions are mixed regarding the wonders Herodotus described in his travels. Among the buildings, the Egyptian Labyrinth was at the top of his list, and this has given rise to much speculation about its form, size, and purpose over the last two centuries. Pharoah's Gateway to Eternity searches for the answers to these problems.

A History of the Ptolemaic Empire (Hardcover): Tina Saavedra A History of the Ptolemaic Empire (Hardcover)
Tina Saavedra; Gunther Hoelbl
R4,091 Discovery Miles 40 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


'Authoritative and meticulous historical account ... a fascinating introduction.' - Patricia Spencer, Egyptian Archaeology, 2001

Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (Paperback): Christopher Pelling Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (Paperback)
Christopher Pelling
R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Series Information:
Approaching the Ancient World

Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover): Wilkinson Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
Wilkinson
R11,091 Discovery Miles 110 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The kings of ancient Egypt's first five dynasties were responsible for the creation of a unique and enduring civilisation, epitomised by its most impressive monuments, the pyramids. Yet what do we know about the reigns of these kings? Excavations have revealed much; but Egyptology has always been blessed with another rich source of information, the written texts and inscriptions composed by the ancient Egyptians themselves.

For the history of the first five dynasties, one particular series of inscriptions has always been of prime importance. This is the collection of inscribed, stone fragments known as the royal annals. Now divided between museums in Palermo, Cairo and London, these documents from ancient Egypt have been the focus of countless studies in the century or so since they first came to light. For they seem to record the reigns of Egypt's early kings on a reign-by-reign, year-by-year basis. The information they contain has been translated, interpreted and re-interpreted by generations of Egyptologists, in the hope of achieving a better understanding of the first great period of ancient Egyptian history. And yet amazingly for such crucial documents, no complete edition of all seven surviving fragments has ever been published. Royal Annals fills this gap. The text is accompanied by specially-commissioned, detailed line-drawings of all the fragments.

Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity (Hardcover): Richard Miles Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity (Hardcover)
Richard Miles
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Author Biography:
Richard Miles is a Research Fellow in Classical Studies at the Open University, and a Teaching By-Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Churchill College, Cambridge. He is currently working on a book on text and authority in the late antique North African church.

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