A spectacular and informative new guide to the fascinating story of Ancient Egypt in a revised paperback edition
A superb collection of specially commissioned photographs presents a detailed look at life in Ancient Egypt - from the pharaoh and his courtiers, through the mystical rites of the priests, to the world of the workers in the fields.
Featuring stunning items from the tomb of Tutankhamun and jewellery from the royal palaces, the book shows how Egyptian nobles lived. We learn how the Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, and see their mummies. The book also looks at the lives, rituals, and hieroglyphic writing of the priests and scribes, and photographs of food, clothes, weapons, and even toys reveal how ordinary Egyptians lived.
Produced in association with the British Museum, London, Ancient Egypt is a unique and compelling introduction to a remarkable civilization.
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Time Traders by Andre Norton
Intelligence agents have uncovered something which seems beyond belief, but the evidence is incontrovertible: the USA's greatest adversary on the world stage is sending its agents back through time! And someone or something unknown to our history is presenting them with technologies—and weapons—far beyond our most advanced science. We have only one option: create time-transfer technology ourselves, find the opposition's ancient source . . . and
take it down.
When small-time criminal Ross Murdock and Apache rancher Travis Fox stumble separately onto America's secret time travel project, Operation Retrograde, they are faced with a challenge greater than either could have imagined possible. Their mere presence means that they know too much to go free. But Murdock and Fox have a thirst for adventure, and Operation Retrograde offers that in spades.
Both men will become time agents, finding reserves of inner heroism they had never expected. Their journeys will take the battle to the enemy, from ancient Britain to prehistoric America, and finally to the farthest reaches of interstellar space. . . .
Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.--A.D. 1000: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World
Прекрасно иллюстрированная энциклопедия - двухтомник, включающая карты, хронологию, биографические справки, подробные описания по каждой стране.
In addition to post “Encyclopedia of the Barbarian Europe” (poster Maria) http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150792667
Aimed at the nonspecialist reader this set is appropriate for upper class high school and university students, professionals, and public library patrons.
Humans and Environments, Origins and Growth of European Prehistory, Settlement Patterns and Landscapes, Trade and Exchange, Status and Wealth, Ritual and Ideology, Archaeology and Language, Warfare and Conquest, Postglacial Foragers, 8000--4000 B.C, The Mesolithic of Europe (by each region), Crops of the Early Farmers, Domestication of the Horse, The Iceman, The Neolithic Temples of Malta, The Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages in Central Europe, Celtic Migrations, Iron Age etc.
Over the last two decades the historical focus has shifted from viewing events in a simple historical context to a more integrative perspective. This set offers a multidimensional picture of primarily Western civilization, covering
Ancient Egypt (2675-332 B.C.E.),
Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.),
Medieval Europe (814-1450 C.E.),
Renaissance Europe (1300-1600 C.E.), and
The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800 C.E.). Similar in organization to Gale's American Eras and World Eras lines, the work exposes readers to each historical period through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics: "Architecture and Design," "Dance," "Fashion," "Literature," "Music," "Philosophy," "Religion," "Theater," and "Visual Arts." Each topic area is treated in a different chapter, but the connections between topics are highlighted both in the text and through cross-referencing. The result is a broader and more inclusive picture of the culture of each period, emphasizing connections between, for example, religion, dance, and literature or between the visual arts and architecture...
A Coloring Book of Ancient Ireland
By Wendy Alpern Stein
A child's history of ancient Irish art, with droll Celtic people and animals admist ancient mazes and patterns. From 8th and 9th century artifacts and the Books of Durrow and Kells.
