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  • Crossing Continents

    Between India and the Aegean from Prehistory to Alexander the Great

    by Robert Arnott ...
    The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC. There is now, however, growing evidence of much earlier but indirect connections, reaching back into prehistory. These were initially between India and its Indus Civilisation (Meluḫḫa) and the Near East and then finally with the societies of the Early and Middle ... Read more

    $19.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trepanation

    Edited by Robert Arnott, Stanley Finger, Chris Smith ...
    Series series Studies on Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition
    This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why trepanation might have been performed many thousands of years ago. ... Read more

    $255.00 USD

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  • The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt

    by Ian Shaw ...
    The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest. The story of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans makes for fascinating reading, with subjects ranging from the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley to some of the earliest masterpieces of ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Secret Language of Anatomy

    An Illustrated Guide to the Origins of Anatomical Terms

    by Cecilia Brassett, Emily Evans, Isla Fay ...
    A strikingly illustrated key to decoding anatomical terminology, with 150 terms for body parts that derive from animals, plants, objects, and moreAn initiation into the mysterious subject of anatomical terminology, this book reveals the body's secret language by explaining the close relationship between human organs and structures and the evocative names given to them by anatomists. Beautifully ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mesopotamia

    The Invention of the City

    by Gwendolyn Leick ...
    Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Hadrosaurs

    Edited by David A. Eberth, David C. Evans ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A comprehensive study of the Late Cretaceous, duck-billed dinosaur, featuring insights on its origins, anatomy, and more.Hadrosaurs—also known as duck-billed dinosaurs—are abundant in the fossil record. With their unique complex jaws and teeth perfectly suited to shred and chew plants, they flourished on Earth in remarkable diversity during the Late Cretaceous. So ubiquitous are their remains that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ramesses

    Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh

    by Joyce Tyldesley ...
    Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? Joyce Tyldesley's lively book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant builder and the father of scores of children. His momuments and image were to be found in every corner of the Egyptian empire. This is his amazing ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Resurrecting Pompeii

    by Estelle Lazer ...
    Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of time.Pompeii has been continuously excavated and studied since 1748. Early scholars working in Pompeii and other sites associated with the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius were seduced by the wealth of artefacts and wall ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Diagnosing Giants

    Solving the Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Who Changed the World

    by Philip A. Mackowiak ...
    Could Lincoln have lived? After John Wilkes Booth fired a low-velocity .44 caliber bullet into the back of the president's skull, Lincoln did not perish immediately. Attending doctors cleaned and probed the wound, and actually improved his breathing for a time. Today medical trauma teams help similar victims survive-including Gabby Giffords, whose injury was strikingly like Lincoln's. In ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Neanderthals in Wales

    Pontnewydd and the Elwy Valley Caves

    Edited by Stephen Aldhouse-Green, Rick Peterson, Elizabeth A. Walker ...
    The final publication of results of the excavations at Pontnewydd cave in north-east Wales has been eagerly awaited. The site was investigated as part of the Palaeolithic Settlement of Wales Research Programme, which has been responsible for transforming understanding of the nature of human settlement on the very margins of Eurasia by early Neanderthals. The caves of the Elwy valley in north-east ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt

    by Rosalie David ...
    The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. Religion and magic permeated their civilization, and this book provides a unique insight into their religious beliefs and practices, from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD, when Egyptian Christianity replaced the earlier customs. Arranged chronologically, this book provides a fascinating introduction to the world of ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology

    by Arthur C. Aufderheide, Conrado Rodriguez-Martin ...
    This book was first published in 1998. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology is a major reference work for all those interested in identification of disease in human remains. Many diseases leave characteristic lesions and deformities on human bones, teeth and soft tissues that can be identified many years after death. This comprehensive volume includes most conditions producing ... Read more

    $97.59 USD