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What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should ...
The gripping stories of the most colourful and formidable characters to challenge the might of Rome.
Until recently, it was assumed that Rome carried the ...
Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories? How did they prove their identity? And how much of the modern gold supply comes from ...
'Beautifully written, sumptuously illustrated, constantly fascinating' The Times
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian ...
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 ...
Pharaoh.
Icon.
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 ...
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 ...
In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele ...