Roman Britain takes readers on an unforgettable journey through one of the most fascinating chapters of British history: the nearly four centuries during which Britain was part of the mighty Roman Empire.
Chains and Laurels: Slavery and the Making of Ancient Greece The civilisation that gave the world the word "e;freedom"e; was built and sustained by people who had none.
This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Dawn of Mankind, the story of how fragile primates became toolmakers, storytellers, farmers, and builders of civilization.
At the heart of this work is the inner sacred journey through past life regression with QHHT to Ancient Egypt and its Lost Enigmatic Labyrinth of Hawara.
This second volume of Roman Hispania explores the transformation of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule, from fierce resistance against conquest to becoming one of the most important regions of the Roman Empire.
For more than a century, textbooks, universities, encyclopedias, and institutions confidently declared that civilization began in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC.
Echoes of Britain: Stonehenge: Sun, Stone and Mystery explores the story of Britain's most famous prehistoric monument, from its earliest earthworks and cremation burials to the raising of the great sarsens, the long journey of the bluestones, the mystery of its alignments, and the many myths that have gathered around it.
They dragged more than two hundred thousand trees across fifty miles of desert to raise a canyon full of great houses where almost no one seems to have lived.
The Collapse Pattern: Why Civilizations Repeat the Same MistakesThroughout history, civilizations have risen to extraordinary heights before slowly collapsing beneath the weight of their own success.
'A readable and very informative history packed with a wealth of splendid detail' Joyce Tyldesley OBE, author of Tutankhamun'A brilliantly concise, but also entertaining, summary - in all its complexities - of an empire that spanned more than five centuries and three continents.
Set during the brutal wars between the Mapuche people and the Spanish conquest of South America in the 16th century, Blades of the South is a historical novel inspired by the legendary figure of Galvarino—the warrior who, after suffering one of the most devastating punishments imaginable, refuses to disappear.
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire.
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire.
A WARREN OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FACTS AND TALES RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY Read the first trivia book from the team behind the hit history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, investigating the provenance of historical objects, real and metaphorical, with intelligence and humour 'Compulsively dip-in-able' The Times----Ever fallen down a rabbit hole?
In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century.
'A powerful, vital commentary on empire, race, money, women and power'Hannah Kaner, Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller'Absorbing and thoughtful.
Many know Ilya as an artist, musician, writer, or athlete, but in this book, he reveals an unexpected side: an ancient historian and traveler, inviting readers on a fascinating journey through the ancient cities of Anatolia and Northern Cyprus.
