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Four Thousand Years Ago: A World Panorama of Life in the Second Millennium B.C
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Knopf,, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean text. Unclipped dust jacket. Gift inscription to previous owner. Illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs. Clear plastic cover over dust jacket. English archaeologist T. Geoffrey Bibby was best known for his finally successful search for Dilmun, the ancient legendary homeland of the Sumerian civilization, where Gilgamesh went seeking eternal life. Four Thousand Years Ago is a panorama of life in much of the inhabited world from 2000 to 1000 B.C. more information
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Revue de Philologie: De Litterature et D'Histoire Anciennes
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Klincksieck,, 2008. Paperback. Good. Ex-library. Text is in French. Tome 80, 2006, Fascicule 2. Contributors include Sebastien Barbara, Charles Delattre, Julien Du Bouchet, Jean Christian Dumont, Emmanuel Dupraz, Maria Piera Nappi and Daniel Petit. pp239-433 more information
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Teachers' Guide to The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,, 1994?. Saddle-stitched (Stapled) binding. Very Good. Clean text. Prepared by the Education Department of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in conjunction with an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Historical overview. Glossary. 20pp. Descriptions of related works from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco collection. more information
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Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India (Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion)
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University Of Chicago Press,, 1999. Hardcover. New. Clean, tight book in shrink-wrap. Respected scholar and writer Wendy Doniger brilliantly traces the many instances of doubling, splitting, and impersonation in ancient Greek and Hindu mythology, comparing, for example, the illusory Sita in many versions of the Ramayana with the illusory Helen of Troy, from Plato to Iris Murdoch. She also touches on later versions of the myths, such as Victorian descendants of Narcissus: Dr. Jekyll and Dorian Gray. 382pp. more information
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The History of the Human Society: The Romans 850 B.C. - A.D. 337
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Alfred A Knopf,, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Title in the History of Human Society series, edited by J.H. Plumb. 33 photographs and 5 maps. Bibliography. Index. 316pp. Previous owner's name on front end page. Unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear. more information
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The Treasures of Tutankhamun
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Penguin (Non-Classics),, 1976. Paperback. Good. Clean, tight book. Corner crease on front cover. Exhibition to celebrate the fiftieth anniversay of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. 160 photographs. Bibliographic references. Foreword by Lord Trevelyan. more information
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The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe (Discoveries (Abrams))
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Harry N. Abrams,, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Chronicles Celtic expansion throughout Europe beginning in the fourth century B.C., their creation of magnificent objects of bronze and gold, and what can be learned of them from accounts by Roman historians and archaeological findings. 176pp. Index. Extensively illustrated. Further reading. Maps. more information
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International Cubist-Futurist Collection 1987
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Fine Art Society of Los Angeles,, 1987. Paperback. Good. Clean book. Some wear to cover, particularly around spine. 36 color plates with 1-page introduction. Plates accompanied by detailed information (provenance, illustrated, literature, exhibited) and lengthy text. Artists include Burkhardt, Crotti, De la Serena, Fillia, Hellesen, Lhote, Nielsen, Parpan, Richter, Scheiber, and Swanzy. Front end page is attached, but loose. more information
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Ramses II: The great Pharaoh and his Time
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Denver Museum of Natural History,, 1987. Oversized Paperback. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. Lavishly illustrated. Egyptian Chronology. Maps. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index. Scale representations of exhibition objects. Clean. Slight cover wear. 216pp. more information
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Roman myths (Pelican books)
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Penguin Books,, 1973. Paperback. Good. Clean text. Previous owner's name on front page. Grant's thesis is that far from being the spontaneous products of folk-lore or the accurate reflection of records, myths were invented either as instruments of government or to glorify particular Roman families. more information
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SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREECE AND ROME
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Scribner,, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean book. 7 maps. Index. 197pp. Table of dates. Appendices. Near Fine Dust Jacket more information
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Life in the Old Stone Age (Cambridge Introduction to World History)
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Cambridge University Press,, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Illustrated. 48pp. An account of the evolution of the human race during the Old Stone Age, tracing the transition from food gatherer to hunter, the improvement of tools and the influence of climate. The book also provides insights into the means whereby theories and images of our ancestors have been built up. more information
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The Bible As History
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William Morrow & Co,, 1981. Hardcover. Like New. Clean, tight book in fine dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated throughout. Maps on front and back end pages. 413pp. more information
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Jew and Greek: Tutors Unto Christ
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The Saint Andrew Press,, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked text. Dust cover. . more information
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The Concept of Matter in Greek and Medieval Philosophy
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Univ of Notre Dame Press,, 1965. Trade Paperback. Good. Clean text throughout. Some cover wear. Previous owner's name on first end page. Index. Bibliography. 325pp. First paperback edition. more information
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Hellenism and the Modern World
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Beacon Press,, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. Pencil underlining throughout. Some chipping on dust jacket. Price-clipped. 60pp. These talks were given first on the Radio-diffusion Franaise in 1952 and repeated, with some revision, on the BBC Home Service in April-May 1953. more information
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Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Riverside Literature Series, Number 114)
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Houghton Mifflin Co,, 1987. Saddle-stitched (Stapled) binding. Good. Clean throughout. Some marks on cover. Ex-library. Pocket-size softcover. Number 114 of Riverside Literature Series. 123pp. Index of mythology. more information
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Delphi
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Esperos Edition,, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight book. Dog-eared page. Illustrated with plans, photographs, drawings, etc. 86pp. Previous owner's name on front end page. more information
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Hellenistic ways of deliverance and the making of the Christian synthesis
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Columbia University Press,, 1970. Hardcover, no DJ. Acceptable. Pencil underlining throughout. Previous owner's sticker on front-end page (i.e., the late painter E. Bishcoff ). 242pp. Index. more information
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Life Along the Nile: Three Egyptians of Ancient Thebes
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art,, 2002. Saddle-stitched (Stapled) binding. Good. Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Summer 2002). Clean text. Bit of edge wear. 56pp. Extensively illustrated. Bibliography. Notes. Introduces work in the Met's extensive collection. more information
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Civilization before Greece and Rome
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Yale University Press,, 1989. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Presents a wide-ranging survey of the more notable achievements of these societies, whowing how much the ancient peoples of the Near and Middle East have influenced the patterns of our daily lives. Discusses the invention of writing, tracing it from the earliest pictograms (designed for account-keeping) to the Phoenician alphabet, the source of the Greek and all European alphabets. He also investigates the curricula, teaching methods, and values of the schools from which scribes graduated. Plates, figures, maps (4). General Index. Select Bibliography. Index of Biblical References. 322pp. Clean book throughout. more information
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The Stoics
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Chatto and Windus,, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean book. Clipped dust jacket has a small tear on cover. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Chronological Table. 190pp. more information
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The Stoics (Ancient Culture & Society)
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Chatto and Windus,, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. A few pages contain underlining in red ink. Some random marks throughout the book. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Chronological Table. 190pp. Unclipped dust jacket. more information
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Telling Time
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Yale Univ Press,, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. No marks. Tight, uncreased spine. more information
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Der Peloponnesische Krieg (Vollstandige Ausgabe)
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Carl Schunemann Verlag Bremen,, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean text. Bumped Corner. Dust jacket has some chipping and small tears. Ubertragen von August Horneffer. German text. Sammlung Dieterich Band 170. Durchgesehen von Gisela Strasburger. Eingeleitet von Hermann Strasburger. Mit 29 Abbildung and Karten, (two foldout maps). 738pp more information
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