Humanities

Hadrian's Wall [9781784974725]

Located at the far-flung and wild edge of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall was constructed by Emperor Hadrian in the 120s AD. Vast in size and stretch…

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The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps [9781471166822]

The Golden Atlas is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discover…

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British Prehistoric Pottery [9780752419305]

Pottery is one of the most enduring artefacts from prehistory. It is of fundamental importance since, unlike stone, it can be precisely dated, display…

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Stonehenge Complete [9780500289662]

This newly revised and enlarged fourth edition of Christopher Chippindales prize-winning classic account brings the story of Stonehenge right up to da…

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31 BC [9780714122748]

On 2 September 31 BC, two superpowers, Egypt and Rome, met head-on for the first and last time in history. The outcome was the Battle of Actium, which…

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Abusir: The Necropolis of the Sons of the Sun [9789774167904]

At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village…

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Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris [9780500289006]

Abydos is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic sites in southern Egypt. As both the burial place of the first pharaohs and a cult centre for the …

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Akeman Street: Moving Through Iron Age and Roman Landscapes [9780752447322]

This book examines the role of Akeman Street, the Roman road stretching from St Albans to Cirencester, in a unique and unusual way, choosing to look n…

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Albania: An Archaeological Guide [9781780760698]

Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th …

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Almost Human [9781426218118]

In 2013, Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, caught wind of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa.…

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Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy [9789774167744]

The latter part of the fifteenth century bc saw Egypt's political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in t…

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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings [9780500292075]

Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? In recent years scientific advances have yielded a mass of new data, turning cherished ideas upside d…

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Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, An: The Papyrus of Sobekmose [9780500051887]

The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, is one of the most important surviving examples of the ancient …

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Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders [9781474221177]

The rich history of Egypt has provided famous examples of board games played in antiquity. Each of these games provides evidence of contact between Eg…

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Ancient Illyria: An Archaeological Exploration [9781845111670]

Illyria is the name given to the ancient region of the Balkans on the Adriatic coast from which most historians of the Balkans believe modern Albanian…

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Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire [9780500051917]

Ivory is a wonderful material: tactile, beautiful, workable into many different forms and the strongest in the animal kingdom. Unfortunately for the e…

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Annales Du Service Des Antiquites De L'Egypte: v. 79 [9789773057862]

The Annales du Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte is a well-known and respected series on Egyptology and excavations published by the Supreme Council …

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Annales Du Service Des Antiquites De L'Egypte: v. 80 [9789774372957]

For centuries, Egyptian civilization and its antiquities have inspired passionate interest. Archaeologists, engineers, astronomers, poets, painters, p…

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Annales Du Service Des Antiquites De L'Egypte: v. 81 [9789774376689]

This is the definitive journal of Egyptian archaeology. This publication provides an up-to-date account of archaeology in Egypt, including new discove…

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Annales Du Service Des Antiquities De L'Egypte: v. 84 [9789777041843]

This authoritative publication remains the definitive source for the findings of the various archaeological excavations undertaken in Egypt. Published…

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