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ISBN: 9781606061336 - Sicily Sicily
Claire Lyons, Michael Bennett, Clemente Marconi

ISBN10: 160606133X  ISBN13: 9781606061336
Publisher: Getty Trust Publications J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 May 2013
Demonstrates Sicily's essential role in the development of the ancient Mediterranean world. This title focuses on the watershed period between 480 BC and the Roman conquest of Syracuse in 212 BC - a time of great social and political ferment. More

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ISBN: 9780876619667 - Hunters, Heroes, Kings Hunters, Heroes, Kings
Hallie M Franks

ISBN10: 0876619669  ISBN13: 9780876619667
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013

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ISBN: 9781593720513 - Shahnameh Shahnameh
Abolqasem Ferdowsi

ISBN10: 1593720513  ISBN13: 9781593720513
Publisher: The Quantuck Lane Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
A new, lushly illustrated edition of the classic work Shahnameh. Shahnameh is part myth, part history - beginning with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation. It contains magical birds, superhuman heroes and centuries-long battles. More

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ISBN: 9780300160055 - Ancient Greece Ancient Greece
Thomas R Martin

ISBN10: 0300160054  ISBN13: 9780300160055
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B C E. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of... More

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ISBN: 9780714122830 - Art in Pompeii and Herculaneum Art in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Paul Roberts, Vanessa Baldwin

ISBN10: 0714122831  ISBN13: 9780714122830
Publisher: British Museum Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Apr 2013
Featuring the art from Pompeii and Herculaneum, this book displays a range of fascinating objects that were created by the skilled hands of accomplished classical craftsmen. It provides a taste of the variety of art from these two cities. More

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ISBN: 9781421408194 - Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor
Gregory S Aldrete, Scott Bartell, Alicia Aldrete

ISBN10: 1421408198  ISBN13: 9781421408194
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Apr 2013
Alexander the Great led one of the most successful armies in history and conquered nearly the entirety of the known world while wearing armor made of cloth. How is that possible? This title provides the answer. It presents a thorough investigation... More

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ISBN: 9780199739318 - Medusa's Gaze Medusa's Gaze
Marina Belozerskaya

ISBN10: 0199739315  ISBN13: 9780199739318
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 12 Apr 2013
Medusa's Gaze provides the first dedicated account of the origins and extraordinary survival of an exquisite agate bowl from ancient Alexandria to the modern day as it passed through the hands of some of history's most influentional, and colorful... More

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ISBN: 9783848003945 - Art & Architecture: Egypt Art & Architecture: Egypt
Matthias Seidel

ISBN10: 3848003945  ISBN13: 9783848003945
Publisher: Ullmann Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Apr 2013

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ISBN: 9780300189216 - Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890 Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890
Carol C Mattusch

ISBN10: 0300189214  ISBN13: 9780300189216
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Apr 2013
The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. This book examines responses to the excavations by 18th- and 19th... More

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ISBN: 9780714848105 - The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom
Anthony Eastmond

ISBN10: 0714848107  ISBN13: 9780714848105
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Apr 2013
A celebration of 300 of the finest works of art and expressions of the Christian faith from the millennium between the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. More