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A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago.
The Teaching of ...
Its name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here ...
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Enigma.
Lost for three thousand years, misunderstood for a century.
A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the ...
Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it - and why.
Magic was everywhere in the ancient world. The ...
'If you love Indiana Jones, this is the real thing' DAN SNOW
'Fascinating' GREG JENNER
'A thrilling investigation' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB
'An essential read for anyone ...
Amongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilisations, the collapse of ruling elites and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions ...
The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
Ramesses ...
Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au ...
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again
The life of Demetrius ...
It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported ...
Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first ...
A lively new biography of Tutankhamun-published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb's modern discovery
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked ...