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The mummy portraits of Roman Egypt are haunting images of ancient faces: anonymous people painted by anonymous artists. And yet, they are historical and cultural documents of outstanding interest and importance, and many are of superb artistic quality. This type of portrait appeared in Egypt in the first century AD.

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Egyptian mummies are perennially popular with visitors to museums but what is their relevance in the twenty-first century And what can we learn from the study of these ancient remains This book takes the reader on a journey of discovery, gathering information about Nesperennub from a variety of sources.

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The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC.

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On 9 April 2010, Dave Crisp found 21 coins while metal detecting on farmland near Frome. Two days later, he returned to the site and discovered a huge pot filled with more coins. Archaeologists believe the hoard will rewrite the history books.

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The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the global cockpits of human endeavour. This book provides interpretive synthesis for a generation on the rise of the Mediterranean world from its beginning, before the emergence of our own species, up to the threshold of Classical times.

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Discovered in 2007 and acquired by the British Museum and York Museums Trust, the Vale of York hoard was buried in the late 920s in the reign of the West Saxon king Athelstan, in what is now North Yorkshire. This book describes the individual items in the Vale of York treasure and explores the historical context of the burial of this hoard.

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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.

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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.

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The way fossils have been interpreted in the past often tells us more about the personalities involved than it does about prehistory. But it is through these personalities that in the end we have come to learn extraordinary things about the real origins of life on earth.

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How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think Were their modes of thought fundamentally different from ours today This book deals with these questions.

"Europe's Lost Civilization" is a travel adventure and a detective story; a physical, intellectual and spiritual quest into an ancient mystery.

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Using his own experience as a professional archaeological surveyor and after five years patient computer-reanalysis of the earthwork and stone circle, the author reveals how he solved the key mystery of Stonehenge.

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Presents discoveries in the different fields of Ice Age Research. This book reveals how the epoch was discovered, the profound climatic fluctuations it generated as ice sheets waxed and waned, and the myriad ways in which humans and animals coped with the changing world they lived in.

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Illuminates the lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in politics, cultural life and religion. This book is suitable for students and Egyptophiles.

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Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject.

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A fantastic guide to the history in the Wessex landscape.

Offers students, researchers, and patrons interested in local history with a survey of archaeological discoveries in North America. This set includes essays on over 300 of these sites, explaining the importance of the site, the history of the people who left the artifacts, and the nature of research.

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Archaeologists based in the US, Ukraine, and Britain report on expeditions in Jordan in 1993 and 1994. They say that the biologic data suggest that Neanderthals were an offshoot of the human lineage, but the question of the degree to which archaic and modern populations differed in cognition and beh

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An account of the prehistory and archaeology of the Orkney archipelago a fusion of archaeological, historical and topographic writing.

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This book explores the impact of scientific advances, archaeological innovations, and contemporary politics upon interpretations of Pompeii over the last 250 years, including the ways in which advances in volcanology have transformed our picture of its last moments.

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A journey through the evolution of Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants, in fifteen scenes.