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A landmark publication the definitive account of the greatest archaeological monument in the world by the leading authorities on the site, making it the ultimate book on Giza and its pyramids.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

A brilliantly argued and elegantly written examination of the intricate web of belief, myth and society in the Neolithic period.

(Paperback)

This compact book, packed with glorious colour photography joins a series on the stand out holdings of the British Museum. It describes the discovery, conservation and analysis of the corpse of Lindow Man, Britain's best preserved bog body, dating to the late Iron Age.

(Paperback, Second edition)

The definitive introduction to the understanding and practice of archaeology, now in its second edition.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were brought to the surface by in the 1990s. These ancient artefacts are to be exhibited in Britain in 2016. This book tells the story of these two ancient civilizations.

(Paperback, New Edition)

Cats can be seen in ancient Egyptian homes, temples and adorning the heads of their gods. Cats in Egypt were probably domesticated by around 4,000 BC from wild ancestors. Over the following centuries, they became popular household pets. In this book, Dr Malek draws on a vast range of artistic and written sources to show how cats became one of the most widely esteemed and revered animals in Egypt.

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The drama of Pompeii's end has been handed down by Roman writers, its paintings and mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery and its houses and public buildings still present a vivid picture of life, disaster and death in a Roman town. This book includes a comprehensive account of its rise, splendour and fall.

(Hardback)

Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art take the reader on a journey across the globe and hundreds of thousands of years into the past to discover the deepest origins of art.

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(Paperback)

In a series of 54 full-colour maps covering 3,000 years and spanning the whole of Europe, this book comprehensively charts the dramatic history of the Celts from their origins in the Bronze Age to their present-day diaspora. It deals with the Continental Celts, the Atlantic Celts and the modern Celts and their state of culture.

(Paperback, Fifth edition)

(Hardback)

A lifetime's study brings revealing expertise to an oft-misunderstood topic in human history--the origin and language of the Indo-Europeans.

(Hardback)

An award-winning history of the Mediterranean from prehistory to the Classical world reissued with an extended new preface by the author.

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In 1942, while ploughing a field near Mildenhall in Suffolk, eastern England, Gordon Butcher stumbled upon a hoard of 34 silver objects that he turned over to his boss and owner of the land, Sydney Ford. Dating back to Roman Britain, fourth century AD, and of outstanding artistic and technical quality, the hoard was declared a Treasure Trove in 1946.

(Paperback, Third edition)

The award-winning guide to everything we know about the Neanderthals, from their emergence to their extinction, now updated and expanded to feature the latest discoveries in the field of Neanderthal DNA.

(Paperback)

The first book in nearly a century to explore and satisfactorily explain how and when the Irish people came into being, now available in B-format paperback.

(Hardback)

The inside story, told by excavators of the extraordinary discovery of the world's oldest papyri, revealing how Egyptian King Khufu's men built the Great Pyramid at Giza.

(Paperback)

This book tells the fascinating story of one of archaeology's icons, from its creation in the second century BC, to its discovery in 1799 during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, to the subsequent race to decipher its hieroglyphic text.

(Paperback)

[This book] expands on the traditional "Seven Wonders" to examine an impressive number of ancient marvels from around the globe."--

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An ambitious yet accessible account of Britains Neolithic Revolution that examines how the early agricultural settlers on our island shaped their landscape and thus our own.

(Hardback)

The ultimate book on King Tut and his tomb--the most exciting archaeological find the world has ever known--now in a compact edition