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Oxbow Books - University of British Columbia Studies in the Ancient World
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University of British Columbia Studies in the Ancient World
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Bringing Carthage Home: the Excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856-1859
Freed, J
Adorning the north-west staircase in the British Museum is a group of brightly coloured figured mosaic pavements. Most were excavated for the Museum between 1856 and 1859 at Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, by a dilettante called Nathan Davis; the work was funded by the Foreign Office of the British Government. This book recounts for the first time the extraordinary story behind this pioneering enterprise and the political and cultural rivalry ...
Hardback. Price GB £48.00
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University of British Columbia Studies in the Ancient World
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Mountains of Silver and Rivers of Gold: The Phoenicians in Iberia
by Ann Neville
The traditional picture of the Phoenicians in Iberia is that of wily traders drawn there by the irresistible lure of the fabulous mineral wealth of the El Dorado of the ancient world. However, a remarkable series of archaeological discoveries, starting in the 1960s, have transformed our understanding of the Phoenicians and allow us to glimpse a picture of life in the Far West that is far richer, and more complex, than the traditional mercantile ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £40.00, Our Price GB £15.00
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