Ancient history

Drames et tragédies se succèdent qui voient les destructions de la nature, de l'homme et du cosmos dans les royaumes tant hatti que judéen, témoins de la rupture entre le monde terrestre et le monde divin.

Les images ne livrent pas dès l'abord leurs secrets.

Ce livre propose de renouer avec les logiques anachroniques de l'historiographie ancienne et de donner à Pisistrate une nouvelle existence.

This book focuses on the compilation of the different practices of Eastern Orthodox Chant, looking at the subject through various languages, practices, and liturgical books and letters.

How should we live?

Explores the history of spelling in Latin to reveal that sophisticated education in literacy was not restricted to the elite.

An examination of anticolonial thought and practice across key Indigenous thinkers.

An examination of anticolonial thought and practice across key Indigenous thinkers.

Dieses Buch legt weiter offen, wer Nofretete alias Nefertiti alias Echnaton war und noch viele weitere Geheimnisse:Nofretete-Echnaton ist Moses und nur er/sie als Gott Re der Reinkarnation kann "moosen".

Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students.

This volume elucidates how processions, from antiquity to the present, contribute to creating consensus with regards to both political power and communitarian experiences.

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war.

Les sociétés du Haut plateau central mexicain étaient en interaction constante avec leurs contemporains, parfois sur des milliers de kilomètres.

Collecting documents culled from the writings of ancient Greek and Roman authors, this book provides a glimpse of what life was like in ancient times and illustrates the relevance of these long-ago civilizations to modern life.

This book focuses on the compilation of the different practices of Eastern Orthodox Chant, looking at the subject through various languages, practices, and liturgical books and letters.

This book examines the hero-cults of Sparta on the basis of the archaeological and literary sources.

Of the twelve Augustae who lived during the fifty years of the so-called "e;military anarchy"e; (235-284 A.

The first analysis of the regulations underpinning ancient associations and their subsequent impact and context within wider communities.

This book surveys current archaeological and historical thinking about the dimly understood characteristics of daily life in Great Britain during the fifth and sixth centuries.

Of the twelve Augustae who lived during the fifty years of the so-called "e;military anarchy"e; (235-284 A.

Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period.

Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East.

Understanding associations in the Greco-Roman world enhances the study of the rise of early Christianity--whether at the micro-level of interpreting particular texts or at the macro-level of assessing the spread of Christ-devotion in the pre-Constantinian era.

Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of women in Ancient Egypt, this book provides a readable and scholarly view of every aspect of the life of women in ancient Egypt.

When Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed, they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about ancient history.

The world-renowned Egyptologist explores the reality behind her bestselling historical fiction in this "e;stunning"e; look at a remarkable civilization (Publishers Weekly).

In popular mythology, the Overland Trail is typically a triumphant tale, with plucky easterners crossing the Plains in caravans of covered wagons.

In popular mythology, the Overland Trail is typically a triumphant tale, with plucky easterners crossing the Plains in caravans of covered wagons.

What is the contemporary cultural legacy of Byzantium or The Eastern Roman Empire?

Early medical practices are not just a historical curiosity, but real stories about people and health that may teach us much about the 21st century.

The Roman Empire was forged in war and defended by military might.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation, mainly, of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.

Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students.

This volume is the second of two that represent the final publication of Sector I of the Prepalatial to Postpalatial Minoan urban settlement and palace of Petras, Siteia, located in eastern Crete.

How should we live?

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1896 account of the excavation, mainly, of tombs in the area around Ballas and Naqada on the edge of the Egyptian desert, 30 miles north of Thebes.

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors - from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora - have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti's legacy as the world's first anti-colonial nation-state.

Flinders Petrie undertook excavation and survey of ancient Egyptian towns in the Faiyum oasis, south-west of Cairo, in 1888–90.

AN EPIC TRAGEDY, WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE A MASTERPIECEOedipus Rex, Sophocles' finest play is considered by many to be the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies.

Eine unterhaltsame GeschichtsstundeTheodore Papakostas präsentiert uns in diesem Buch das gesamte griechische Altertum, von der tiefen Vorgeschichte bis zu seinem Ende, auf höchst unterhaltsame Art: Zwei Fremde treffen sich in einem Aufzug, der eine ist Archäologe, der andere nicht.

La censura de textos fue uno de los medios de los que sirvió la Inquisición en el virreinato peruano para manifestar su poder en el cuerpo social.

L'apport de la civilisation hittite est essentiel pour appréhender les autres civilisations indo-européennes et méditerranéennes.

Au fil du temps, l'art des cavernes d'Europe occidentale s'enrichit, aux côtés des figurations animales, de motifs géométriques complexes que l'on qualifie généralement de signes.

This book examines the hero-cults of Sparta on the basis of the archaeological and literary sources.

Focusing on the works of bishop Gregory of Tours (539-594) and the poet-hagiographer Venantius Fortunatus (540-c.

The customary treatment of Mediterranean trade from the 11th to the mid-15th century emphasizes the predominance of western merchants and the commercial exchange of spices and eastern raw materials for western woollens and other finished products.

The Byzantine world contained many important cities throughout its empire.

This fresh, comprehensive study of ancient Greek atheism aims to dismantle the current consensus that atheism was 'unthinkable' in ancient Greece, demonstrating instead that atheism was not only thinkable but inextricably embedded in the Greek religious environment.