Egypt
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Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen [Hardback]
Cosetta Cadau (Author)
Regular Price: £135.00
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ISBN: 9789004279506
Published by : Brill
This first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed... .... Learn More -
Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination [Paperback]
Sarah Iles Johnston (Editor); Peter T. Struck (Editor)
Regular Price: £53.00
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ISBN: 9789004283343
Published by : BRILL
This book thoroughly revisits divination as a central phenomenon in the lives of ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. It collects studies from many periods in Graeco-Roman history, from the Archaic period to the late Roman, and touches on many d... .... Learn More -
Prosopography of Byzantine Aphrodito [Hardback]
Giovanni Ruffini (Author)
Regular Price: £59.00
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ISBN: 9780979975820
Published by : American Society of Papyrologists
Series: AMERICAN STUDIES IN PAPYROLOGY
Volume: 50
This volume, which replaces Girgis's outdated prosopography from 1938, is an annotated record of every person attested in the Byzantine-era papyri from the middle Egyptian village of Aphrodito. Its papyri make Aphrodito the best attested villag... .... Learn More -
Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art [Paperback]
Bob Brier (Author)
Regular Price: £12.99
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9780688146245
Published by : Harper Collins Publishers
This is a good, popularly written book about an eternally interesting topic. It includes a complete analysis of the art of mummification, a comprehensive listing and description of the known royal mummies, stories of grave robberies and stolen mum... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume III [Hardback]
Geoffrey Killen (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785704895
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Egyptian Furniture
Volume: 3
In this third volume Dr Killen investigates how woodworking in ancient Egypt developed in the 19th and 20th dynasties. It establishes the range of wooden furniture manufactured during this period by surveying examples depicted in Ramesside Theban ... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume II [Hardback]
Geoffrey Killen (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785704857
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Egyptian Furniture
Volume: 2
In this revised second edition Dr Killen continues his survey of Egyptian furniture-making techniques with a study of boxes, chests and footstools and traces their evolution from the earliest times. Wooden, papyrus and alabaster boxes and chests w... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume I: 4000 – 1300 BC [Hardback]
Geoffrey Killen (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785704819
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Egyptian Furniture
Volume: 1
This revised second edition examines the common forms of furniture used in ancient Egypt, so much of which has been preserved by the dry Egyptian climate and has long been admired for the quality of its design and construction. The story begins wi... .... Learn More -
The Workman's Progress [Paperback]
B.J.J. Haring (Editor); Olaf E. Kaper (Editor); Renee Van Walsem (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9789042931237
Published by : Peeters Publishers
This book contains twenty-two papers collected in honour of Robert J. Demarée by his friends and colleagues. Because of his expertise in the area of Western Thebes and ostraca of the village of Deir el-Medina in particular, the contributors have s... .... Learn More -
Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb [Paperback]
Sasha Verma (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
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ISBN: 9781905739783
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Volume: 1
Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb considers the material and immaterial culture left behind by the ancient Egyptian elite in their tombs starting some 5000 years ago. The book intends to understand this culture reflecting the ‘inte... .... Learn More -
The Making of the Middle Sea [Hardback]
Cyprian Broodbank (Author)
Regular Price: £34.95
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9780500051764
Published by : Thames and Hudson
The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the global cockpits of human endeavour. World-class interpretations exist of its Classical and subsequent history, but there has been remarkably little holistic exploration of how its societies, cult... .... Learn More
