The "Minoans" were very much the creation of the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans and for decades his views of "Minoan" Society dominated the world of Bronze Age scholarship. In the...
On August 24th, AD 79, a massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the unremarkable Roman town of Pompeii and its population of 12,000. Today, up to five hundred times that...
Interpreting the monuments of Athens in light of literature, R. E. Wycherley brings before us the city the ancients knew. Philosophers, statesmen, travelers, dramatists, poets, private citizens—the words of all...
A comprehensive textbook based on the most up-to-date scholarship and designed for senior students studying Pompeii and Herculaneum. The book provides material on the eruption of Vesuvius, political and social...
Condition: There is mould damage on the back cover which has affected the cover and some of the reference pages. Please see photos This first modern, full-bodied study of early...
A revolution is underway in archaeology. For the first time the molecular record of past life, entombed for millennia in archaeological and geological material, has become widely accessible to science....