(Paperback)

A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis.

(Paperback)

A warriors face the strong brows inlaid with red garnets, the nose and mouth gilded and its surface tinned a silvery colour this is how the Sutton Hoo helmet once appeared to those who saw it. This book explains how it was discovered together with other priceless treasures including a ship in the great mound at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk.

(Hardback)

A complete photographic record, this book is an excursion to the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak. With the author's insights, these temples reveal the remains of a world devoted to an unimpeachable faith in the after-life, a faith whose conviction seems to have exalted its builders and artists.

(Hardback)

Covers a range of tombs, their decoration and burial customs.

(Hardback)

This book is the latest edition of a long-selling success about Ancient Egyptian and archaeology offering fresh insights like never before!

(Paperback)

In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created an unrivalled cultural network that spanned four continents. This book explores the core period of the Viking Age from a global perspective, examining how the Vikings drew influences from Christian Europe and the Islamic World and how they created a lasting historical impact on our world.

(Paperback)

In Ancient Egypt, a name did more than express ones identity; it incorporated it, forming a profound element of it. This book covers 3000 years of history from the dawn of Egyptian writing to the use of royal names under the Roman emperors in Egypt.

(Paperback, Revised and updated edition)

Who are the Europeans Where did they come from This book brings together the evidence and combines it with archaeology and linguistics to produce a new history of Europe.

(Hardback)

An informative and beautifully produced guide to the Nimrud Ivories, one of the worlds most spectacular collections of ancient ivory, now largely lost as a result of conflict in the Middle East.

(Paperback)

An up-to-the-minute account of ten of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in Britain over the past decade.

(Hardback)

Presents a fresh approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, this introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple to more complex, supported by full explanations and translations. It explains the mysteries of hieroglyphs without jargon or technical terms.

(Hardback)

A celebration of Egyptologists intimate diaries and journals, brilliantly capturing the excitement of the golden age of Egyptology.

(Hardback)

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)

(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.

(Paperback)

(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.

(Paperback)

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.

(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.