We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived? __________In 24 hours, Pompeii will vanish. The morning of the eruption was a day like any other. Julia Felix opens her tavern for another day of business, defying every conve...Loe edasi...
A readable and very informative history packed with a wealth of splendid detail Joyce Tyldesley OBE, author of TutankhamunA brilliantly concise, but also entertaining, summary - in all its complexities - of an empire that spanned more than five ce...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040889794)
This book systematically examines Chinese astroarchaeology from the Neolithic period onward, aiming to reconstruct premodern knowledge systems and articulate the intellectual foundations of traditional Chinese culture.As an interdisciplinary field, C...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040889879)
This book systematically examines Chinese astroarchaeology from the Neolithic period onward, aiming to reconstruct premodern knowledge systems and articulate the intellectual foundations of traditional Chinese culture.As an interdisciplinary field, C...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235602304)
About the BookWhat if the largest drawings on Earth were never meant to be seen from the ground Across the vast desert plains of southern Peru lie the Nazca Lines—giant geoglyphs etched into the earth with astonishing precision. Visible only fr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235920910)
For three thousand years, this people has stood accused. Accused of having usurped a land. Of having invented a history. Of having fabricated its own memory. And for three thousand years, the archives, the stones, and the chromosomes have been saying...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289480)
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with co...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110728903)
While intersections between Greek literature and medicine have become a focal point of considerable research among Classicists in the last ten years, little work has been done in the field of Latin literature, with particular regard to poetry. And ye...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110728811)
While intersections between Greek literature and medicine have become a focal point of considerable research among Classicists in the last ten years, little work has been done in the field of Latin literature, with particular regard to poetry. And ye...Loe edasi...
Annemarie de Villiers, Stephen Harrison, Grant Parker
Sari: Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111710792)
Since ancient times, land has had a defining influence on human culture, from the political and the social to the agricultural, the metaphysical and the creative. In both Augustan Rome and contemporary Southern Africa, the land question is ever prese...Loe edasi...
Annemarie de Villiers, Stephen Harrison, Grant Parker
Sari: Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111710907)
Since ancient times, land has had a defining influence on human culture, from the political and the social to the agricultural, the metaphysical and the creative. In both Augustan Rome and contemporary Southern Africa, the land question is ever prese...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111237169)
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France preserves an extraordinary document: a fourth-century CE papyrus codex from Upper Egypt. This handbook is over seventy inscribed pages long and is equivalent in length to four or five normal-sized papyrus rolls....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111237558)
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France preserves an extraordinary document: a fourth-century CE papyrus codex from Upper Egypt. This handbook is over seventy inscribed pages long and is equivalent in length to four or five normal-sized papyrus rolls....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235956698)
The Italians in Rhode Island: Story of immigration, integration, and assimilation into the fabric of Rhode Islands communities, business, and social relevance.In the heart of Rhode Island, a story of resilience and cultural richness unfolded as Ital...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235023765)
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. You w...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031871283)
This book paints a vivid picture of caregiving for the elderly throughout history, using the innovative concept of a carerscape. Inspired by Appadurais ethnoscape, this framework highlights diverse aspects of caregiving across time and cultures....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031871283)
This book paints a vivid picture of caregiving for the elderly throughout history, using the innovative concept of a carerscape. Inspired by Appadurais ethnoscape, this framework highlights diverse aspects of caregiving across time and cultures....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235133921)
What if death is not an ending, but a transition? What if the choices you make today echo far beyond this lifetime Across two of the worlds most powerful ancient civilizations, Greece and India, a profound idea emerged independently, yet strikingly...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235152243)
The Lost Scrolls of The Methods of the Sima offers a disciplined interpretive examination of what is absent from one of early Chinas most institutional approaches to warfare. While the surviving remnants of the Sima Fa outline a doctrine grounded in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197823200)
One of three surviving collections of Latin bucolic poetry, the seven Eclogues transmitted under the name of Calpurnius Siculus are generally assigned to the reign of Nero, although the debate on dating continues, with proposals ranging between the l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197823217)
One of three surviving collections of Latin bucolic poetry, the seven Eclogues transmitted under the name of Calpurnius Siculus are generally assigned to the reign of Nero, although the debate on dating continues, with proposals ranging between the l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040864142)
This book offers the first verse translation of Sedulius 5th-century biblical epic, the Carmen paschale, a versification of the Gospels in the style of Vergils Aeneid, one that was well known and much admired throughout Europe for the better part o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040864111)
This book offers the first verse translation of Sedulius 5th-century biblical epic, the Carmen paschale, a versification of the Gospels in the style of Vergils Aeneid, one that was well known and much admired throughout Europe for the better part o...Loe edasi...
Aquileia is the largest archaeological site in Northern Italy, which once stood at the geo-political crossroad of cultural exchanges between Italy, the central-eastern Mediterranean and continental Europe. This book explores its beginnings as a Latin...Loe edasi...
Aquileia is the largest archaeological site in Northern Italy, which once stood at the geo-political crossroad of cultural exchanges between Italy, the central-eastern Mediterranean and continental Europe. This book explores its beginnings as a Latin...Loe edasi...
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQREastEnders for the 1st century AD... Beards enthusiastic sense of wonder remains undimmed THE TIMES The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome FINANCIAL TIMES The reigning Queen of Classics SPE...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Rob Satterfield, ISBN-13: 9798902164456)
The holy grail stands as one of the most captivating and enduring mysteries in human history, a symbol that bridges the worlds of religion, mythology, and cultural imagination. Traditionally believed to be the cup used by jesus christ during the last...Loe edasi...
The assemblage of Roman footwear from Vindolanda is one of the most extraordinary and unique groups of archaeological objects from anywhere in the Roman Empire. Nearly 5,000 shoes have been preserved in the archaeological deposits at Vindolanda, a Ro...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501786167)
Women and Resistance in the Annals of Tacitus explores how Tacitus often represents a Roman womans relationship to the imperial household and its members as one of resistance. Throughout his Annals, women discover ways to resist without relying on tr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501786174)
Women and Resistance in the Annals of Tacitus explores how Tacitus often represents a Roman womans relationship to the imperial household and its members as one of resistance. Throughout his Annals, women discover ways to resist without relying on t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233663062)
The Abydos Mystery Advanced Symbols and the Possibility of Ancient Flight explores one of the most intriguing enigmas of ancient Egypt. Deep within the temple of Abydos are carvings that appear to resemble modern flying machines raising questions tha...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233001642)
No AI or AI tools were used in the making of this work which is a real treasure packed with useful and unusual information.In this book, the author, Dame Anne-Marie Delmotte, shares the continued extraordinary story of her friend Merit, who, has just...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691281773)
A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetypeThe god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver until Herakles freed him. F...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691281803)
A landmark account of the Dionysos myth as an archetypal expression of indestructible lifeNo other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historia...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691281810)
A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetypeTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691290690)
A landmark account of the Dionysos myth as an archetypal expression of indestructible lifeNo other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historia...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691281865)
A landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth centuryThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691291659)
A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetypeTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691290669)
A landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and mythWhat did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human couple? Examining the word Zeus and its Greek sy...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691290676)
A landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth centuryThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691281872)
A landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and mythWhat did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human couple? Examining the word Zeus and its Greek sy...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691290683)
A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetypeThe god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver until Herakles freed him. F...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040537459)
This book examines Greek and Roman pharmacology in its mercantile dimensions, studying the people who were involved in the trade, the places where they worked, and the consumers whom they tried to attract through promises of health.In the ancient Med...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040653555)
This book examines Greek and Roman pharmacology in its mercantile dimensions, studying the people who were involved in the trade, the places where they worked, and the consumers whom they tried to attract through promises of health.In the ancient Med...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233066672)
The Sphinx Enigma: Evidence of a Lost Civilization Before Ancient Egypt offers a compelling and intellectually engaging exploration into one of the greatest unresolved mysteries of human history. At the center of this investigation stands the Great S...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233866494)
Alexander the Great charts the extraordinary arc of historys most legendary conqueror, from a young king crossing the Hellespont to a broken god dying in Babylon. This volume moves beyond the battles to explore the human drama behind the empire. Wit...Loe edasi...
The 1611 King James Bible with Apocrypha: A Guide to the Sacred Scriptures explores the rich history, language, and enduring influence of the King James Bible. Delving into its creation, theological significance, and the often-overlooked Apocryphal b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798215439036)
The Celts did not decorate their world. They communicated through it — through tattooed skin and dyed textiles, through sword scabbards whose ornament announced region and rank, through hillforts positioned on ridgelines to command the horizon...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233199868)
ABOUT THE BOOKEgypts Cosmic Secrets: Alien Technology and the True Purpose of the Pyramids by Dr. Neil Bose presents a bold, multidisciplinary exploration into one of humanitys greatest enigmas—the Egyptian pyramids.Challenging conventional h...Loe edasi...
