The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Richard Buxton
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Category: Ancient History | Series: The\Myths That Shape the Way We Think Ser.
A sophisticated look into the eight Greek myths that remain the most relevant to us today, exploring their powerful cultural impact from their ancient origins to the present. The Greek myths have been retold countless times, first by the conquering Romans, then through the medieval and Renaissance eras ...Show more
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples From Destruction [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] by Lynne Olson
$36.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
The fascinating story of the feisty French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time- fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to sa ...Show more
300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World by Seán Hewitt, Luke Edward Hall
$55.00 AUD
Category: Ancient History
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Sean Hewitt and painter Luke Ed ...Show more
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositi ...Show more
Ghosts Monsters and Demons of India by Rakesh Khanna, J. Furcifer Bhairav
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Category: Ancient History
An illustrated guide to the folktales and real-life stories of the ghosts, monsters and demons of India, a culture famously rich in tradition and legends. Perfect for fans of Eli Roth's Urban Legends and Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. "I was not prepared for how deeply this book captivated ...Show more
The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Penguin Classics
Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his campaigns. Caesar's narrative offers insights into his military strategy & paints a fascinating picture of his encounters with the inhabitant of ...Show more
Crassus - The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic a ...Show more
How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the Middle Ages by Christopher Tyerman
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Category: Ancient History
In this highly original and enjoyable book, Christopher Tyerman focuses on the massive, all-encompassing and hugely costly business of actually preparing a crusade. The efforts of many thousands of men and women, who left their lands and families in Western Europe, and marched off to a highly uncertain ...Show more
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: from Pericles to Putin by Neal Ascherson
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Category: Ancient History
Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile ...Show more
The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Carolyne Larrington
$39.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
This brilliantly original and accessible guide explores how Valhalla and its Valkyries have inspired our cultural landscape, from Wagner to the Marvel Universe. Carolyne Larrington's elegantly written retellings capture the beauty of the original myths, while also delving deeper into the history of thei ...Show more
What the Greeks Did for Us by Tony Spawforth
$41.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History
An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like "pandemic," a Freudian state of mind like the "Oedipus complex," or a replica of the Parthenon in a Ch ...Show more
Heroines of Olympus: The Women of Greek Mythology by Ellie Mackin Roberts
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
Goddesses, monsters, humans and the semi-divine - whether courageous or meek, gruesome or irresistible, female characters are ever present on the peripheries of the great Greek myths, but rarely do they take centre stage. Their time has finally come to act as protagonists in their own stories. Heroines ...Show more