Ancient history

There's so much to digest when it comes to History - how do you know where to begin?

There's so much to digest when it comes to History - how do you know where to begin?

In this book, first published in 1927, British painter and writer Sydney Bristowe describes her Cain-Sargon of Akkad equation theory.

Does this mighty and mysterious "e;Bible in Stone"e; record God's plans for man and prophesy great events in past and future, with exact dates?

Demetrius, named "e;Besieger of Cities,"e; was the first man to be worshipped as a god during his lifetime by the people of Athens.

First published in 1963, this book by University of Missouri Microbiology Professor Herbert S.

First published in 1930, this is a collection of essays by the noted classical scholar W.

'Tarn's Alexander the Great, first published in 1948, has become a classic and its importance for subsequent Alexander studies can hardly be exaggerated.

First published in 1928, this book by archaeologist and author David Randall-MacIver provides a detailed description of Italy and its chief peoples before it was conquered by the Romans in 509 B.

First published in 1931, this fascinating book provides a study of famous Greek satirist and rhetorician, Lucian of Samosata, as well as an analysis of the Classical Greek philosopher Plato's Symposium in the light of Lucian's criticism.

The pages of this book are the product of years of study of a Bible-lover who has gone through the fiery furnace of skepticism and has come out firmly convinced of the scientific trustworthiness of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis.

This book tries to describe what an intelligent person would have witnessed in Ancient Rome if by some legerdemain he had been translated to the Second Christian Century, and conducted about the imperial city under competent guidance.

An orgy, the dictionary tells us, is "e;a wild gathering, marked by promiscuous sexual activity, excessive drinking, etc.

The four-year reign of the divine Elagabalus, a most unusual, often outrageous, Roman emperor, as seen through the eyes of his loyal Praetorian bodyguard.

First published in 1961, this book provides a contemporary definition of race, the distinction between geographical, local and micro-races, as well as consideration of the major evolutionary mechanisms of race formation in man.

In 1921, author David Randall-MacIver moved to Rome in order to focus on Italian archaeology, the result of which is this is this fascinating and detailed study of the history of the Etruscans, first published in 1927.

First published in 1931, this book by archaeologist David Randall-MacIver provides a detailed description of Greek architectural sites in southern Italy and Sicily, together with narratives on the cities where the sites are found, including their mythologies and most famous citizens, visitors and political figures.

Dating from the beginning of historical memory, the obelisks of ancient Egypt-those tall, tapering shafts typically weighing from 200 to 500 tons-were carved from a single block of solid stone to commemorate the ruler of the moment.

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THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS, originally published in 1952, gives a new account of the twelve chief gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece, and of the myths and gay stories told about them, which, recounted and referred to again and again in prose and poetry, are woven closely into the world's greatest literature.

First published in 1954, this is the Second Edition of the single-volume amalgamation of husband-and-wife team Marjorie and Charles Quinnells' three-volume anthology on Greek antiquity, originally between 1929-1932: Everyday Things in Homeric Greece, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece, and Everyday Things in Classical Greece.

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination.

Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West.

Why do twins remain uncanny to those born alone-in other words, most of us?

Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides are often described as the greatest tragedians of the ancient world.

Rome Urbs Roma: city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable.

The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East.

Perhaps no classical writer has been so consistently in vogue as Horace.

The influence of Cicero is everywhere to be found.

What common features can be found in the native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass?

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power.

Reception studies have transformed the classics.

The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts.

'Human wisdom is of little or no value', wrote Plato in his Apology.

The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future.

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Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West.

Why do twins remain uncanny to those born alone-in other words, most of us?

The greatest of Roman historians, Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56-117 CE) studied rhetoric in Rome.

Animals were omnipresent in the everyday life and the visual arts of classical Greece.

Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides are often described as the greatest tragedians of the ancient world.

The influence of Cicero is everywhere to be found.

Perhaps no classical writer has been so consistently in vogue as Horace.

The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East.

Arab messengers played a vital role in the medieval Islamic world and its diplomatic relations with foreign powers.

What common features can be found in the ancient customs and native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass?

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power.

Reception studies have transformed the classics.