Ancient religions and Mythologies

The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1921 description and catalog of pre-dynastic, prehistoric artifacts from Egypt.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1921 description and catalog of pre-dynastic, prehistoric artifacts from Egypt.

Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in archaic and classical colonial discourse.

The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher.

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 C.

It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia.

From the acclaimed author of The Crossing Place and The Bronski House.

The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.

The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac.

Although the reception of the Eastern Father Gregory of Nyssa has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought.

Sicily and the strategies of empire in the poetic imagination of classical and medieval EuropeIn the first century BC, Cicero praised Sicily as Rome's first overseas province and confirmed it as the mythic location for the abduction of Proserpina, known to the Greeks as Persephone, by the god of the underworld.

Preaching Bondage introduces and investigates the novel concept of doulology, the discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, the late fourth-century priest and bishop.

Classifying Christians investigates late antique Christian heresiologies as ethnographies that catalogued and detailed the origins, rituals, doctrines, and customs of the heretics in explicitly polemical and theological terms.

The Druids and the Arthurian legends are all most of us know about early Britain, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (4500 BC-AD 43).

Wie geht es weiter mit unsrer Zukunft, in Politik, Gesellschaft, unserem Leben?

A remnant from the age of the dinosaur, the serpent was originally a symbol of arcane knowledge from the old gods.

In The Mist-Filled Path, Frank MacEowen shows how embracing the indigenous wisdom of Scotland and Ireland can lead to healing and transcendence.

Why should your child take the time to study ancient history when it's long gone and done?

Did you know that the Aztecs praised many gods?

The ancient civilization of the Mesopotamia may have been long gone but it was never forgotten.

Relive the Greek gods, goddesses and all those ancient histories with this educational book for children.

Make ancient history kid-friendly by carefully crafting the texts and then adding relevant images.

Throughout the ages, shamans and mystics have recognized that all created things share some level of consciousness, and that the ordinary and non-ordinary realities interact.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von Japans Folklore, wo Mythen und Legenden zum Leben erwachen!

In the fourth instalment in ';The Witch of the Forest's Guide to' series, explore the magickal and powerful world of tarot.

A clear-eyed exploration of Celtic spirituality that enriches the Christian experience.

Long before the terms 'mindfulness' and 'well-being' were coined, the Celtic tradition offered pathways to peace of mind and calm.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWhat is the nature of things?

The Norns sit at the base of the World Tree, weaving strands of fate and calling on us to step into our role in destiny.

An accessible and practical introduction to pre-modern planetary magical techniques used by practitioners for centuries.

This facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie’s extensive catalog of buttons and scarabs describes and illustrates over 1500 examples, along with an appendix on additions to the ‘Scarabs and Cylinders’ volume published earlier.

Facsimile edition of the 1972 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1914 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian Shuabtis, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s fully illustrated 1927 description and catalog of personal and everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections.

Facsimile edition of the 1972 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1914 pioneering typological catalogue of Egyptian amulets, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.

Facsimile of volume of detailed catalogs prepared by Flinders Petrie of ancient weights and measures based on examination of over 4000 Egyptian weights within his collections.

The Vikings provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the complex world of the early medieval Scandinavians.

The Vikings provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the complex world of the early medieval Scandinavians.

El país del Nilo nos deslumbra hoy de la misma manera que lo hiciera con nuestros antepasados.

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, the final book in his authentic, action-packed trilogy set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire.

The year 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat - what will this mean for you?

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

First published in 1949, Ancient Roman Religion is an introduction to some of the most outstanding features of the complicated religion, or rather series of religions, which flourished in Rome between the earliest recoverable ages of her long history and the close of the classical epoch.

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

Es geht um menschliche Erfahrung der Liebe und darum wie es ist einem Menschen zu begegnen in den man sich verliebt.

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

This important book offers a critical and timely reassessment of one of the cornerstones of analytical psychology, Jung's concept of archetypes.

This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt.

„Wer ist der Herr über meinen Körper“, fragt sich die rothaarige Halbwaise: „Wer bin ich?