Classical history & classical civilisation books

Mirko Jelusich (Vojmir Jelusich, 1886-1969) was an Austrian theater critic and historical novelist. His novels about...  Read More >>

A guide to the ancient monuments of Rome, with artist illustrations and reconstructions by the author. Covered:...  Read More >>

Yiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth'...  Read More >>

This book moves beyond the debate on ‘wisdom literature’, ongoing in Biblical Studies, demonstrating the productivity...  Read More >>

Over a century after his discovery, this comprehensive biography of Tutankhamun explores a wealth of evidence, including...  Read More >>

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Over a century after his discovery, this comprehensive biography of Tutankhamun explores a wealth of evidence, including...  Read More >>

This book offers a new way of looking at the 5th century BCE Sophists, rejecting the bad reputation they have had...  Read More >>

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Modern scholars have so far failed to see the interplay between Isaac’s multiple personae. Isaac the scholar is...  Read More >>

This book offers a new way of looking at the 5th century BCE Sophists, rejecting the bad reputation they have had...  Read More >>

This fully revised new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient...  Read More >>

This book provides a detailed introduction to the study of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, explaining the preservation...  Read More >>

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This book explores disability across time and space—from ‘ancient Egypt’ as a culture to Egyptology as a contemporary...  Read More >>

Heracles and Athenian Propaganda examines how Greece's most important hero was appropriated and portrayed by Athens...  Read More >>

A fresh account of the oldest and foundational genre of ancient Greek literature which demonstrates its sustained...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the important literary phenomenon of ‘generic enrichment’ in Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, examining...  Read More >>

A fresh account of the oldest and foundational genre of ancient Greek literature which demonstrates its sustained...  Read More >>

Ravenna has 8 World Heritage sites from the 5th-6th centuries AD-churches and monuments with magnificent mosaics,...  Read More >>

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This book offers the first systematic, up-to-date, cross-cultural, and detailed study of “semi-volitional bodily...  Read More >>

Taking advantage of the broad applicability of notions of work and labor to human lives at every rung of Roman society,...  Read More >>

The Doloneia is the most controversial book of the Iliad, its authenticity being doubted since antiquity. But by...  Read More >>

This volume analyzes the iconography of bound foreigners on New Kingdom monuments and artifacts in order to better...  Read More >>