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Amazons - fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world - were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons.

The story of the Incas is a powerful one, and their legacy remains a potent influence in the Andes of South America. In this insightful lecture series, Columbia University professor Terence D'Altroy focuses on Inca life at the height of the empire, the society's origins, its military, religion, ruling structure, and finally, the Inca legacy today.

Eine fantastische Reise in die Pracht des Königreichs der Pharaonen: Alexandria, Gizeh, Sakkara, Dendera, Deir El-Bahari, Deir El-Medina, Medinet-Habu, Karnak - Luxor, Elephantine, Assuan, Phile, Abu-Simbel, Das Grab der Nefertari.

For thousands of years, we've been warned of a day when the Antichrist will arise to pilot the greatest deception in human history. Whereas many can discuss the dictatorial global economics, societal horrors, and eventual apocalypse that follows his arrival, few know that there are negotiations in the workings at this moment to build the very location where the abomination of desolation will stand in the holy place. This, as the book of Daniel prophesied, will be the catalyst event... The beginning of the end.

'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves ... It melts away the sense of time. A wonderful read.' TOM HOLLAND 'A tender, moving and vivid history of ancient Mesopotamia and how it still speaks to us.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Fascinating and...

Randall Sasaki provides a starting point for understanding the technology of the failed Mongol invasion of Japan in AD 1281 as well as the history of shipbuilding in East Asia. He has created a timber category database, analyzed methods of joinery, and studied contemporary approaches to shipbuilding in order to ascertain the origins and types of vessels that composed the Mongol fleet.

Det måske mest citerede upublicerede værk i dansk arkæologi: ”Atlantiske bopladsfund fra Nordøstsjælland og Skåne – Dateringsproblemer” af Peter Vang Petersen, Danefæinspektør ved Nationalmuseet. I 1979 indgav Peter Vang Petersen værket til Københavns Universitet i forbindelse...

Ruth Galloway bliver tilkaldt, da en gruppe bygningsarbejdere under nedrivningen af et forfaldent hus i Norwich finder barneknogler under et dørtrin. Kraniet mangler. Er der tale om en rituel ofring eller et overlagt mord? Sammen med vicekriminalkommissær Harry Nelson indleder Ruth en...

Ruth Galloway tilkaldes, da et hold arkæologer afdækker knogler i sandet ved foden af en klint, men Ruth har svært ved at fokusere på sagen. Dels er hun netop vendt tilbage fra barselsorlov, dels er det Harry Nelson, der leder efterforskningen, og han og Ruth har et mildest talt uafklaret...

Da Ruth Galloway bliver inddraget i opklaringen af mordet på en kurator på et lokalt museum i Norfolk, trækkes hun samtidig ind i et univers spækket med okkulte kræfter og skræmmende personligheder. Også privat har Ruth nok at se til som enlig mor til den datter, hun har med...

Arkæolog, knogleekspert, katteelsker og danske krimielskeres darling Ruth Galloway er tilbage i femte bind i bestsellerserien, der for alvor har fået tag i de danske krimifans. Med Norfolks smukke kystområde som baggrundstæppe fører Griffiths endnu en gang sine læsere ind i et...

Da politiet finder menneskeknogler i saltmarsken undenfor King's Lynn i Norfolk, tror de, det er de jordiske rester af Lucy Downey, en lille pige som blev kidnappet ti år tidligere, og arkæolog og knogleekspert Ruth Galloway bliver tilkaldt. Men Ruth konstaterer til kriminalinspektør Harry...

বৃহৎ বঙ্গ ২ অশুনুন শুনি - বৃহৎ বঙ্গ ২. আচার্য দীনেশচন্দ্র সেনের 'বৃহৎ বঙ্গ' বঙ্গসংস্কৃতির মহাকোষ। অষ্টাদশ...

In this authoritative but light-hearted account of beers gone by, archaeologist Tate Paulette brings the famous "land between the rivers" back to life in vivid detail. We meet not only the beers of ancient Mesopotamia, but also the people who brewed them and drank them, the places where these people lived and worked, the taverns and temples and tombs where they did their drinking, the stories they told about beer, their preferred styles of drinking, their brewing equipment and drinking paraphernalia, the gods and goddesses who governed their lives and who were also partial to a drink.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN 'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter Frankopan Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent...

Start right here! Discover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and become obsessed with one of the most popular crime series in Britain. 'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times 'I've never before read a crime novel in which archaeology and detection blend as successfully as in The...

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe...

Bringing together today's leading scholars, both established seniors and younger, cutting-edge academics, Stefan Brink and Neil Price have constructed the first single work to gather innovative research from a spectrum of disciplines (including archaeology, history, philology, comparative religion, numismatics, and cultural geography) to create the most comprehensive Viking Age book of its kind ever attempted.

¿Cómo ha moldeado la conciencia de la muerte nuestra manera de vivir y creer? ¿Qué relación existe entre los rituales funerarios y la idea del más allá? ¿Qué dicen nuestros muertos sobre quiénes somos? Desde los primeros enterramientos prehistóricos hasta la negación contemporánea...

My whole adult life, I have made a study of death. A stunning blend of the personal and professional, The Archaeology of Loss is Sarah Tarlow’s first memoir. An accomplished archaeologist, much of Sarah’s work is concerned with the ritual and belief behind the practice of grief. In 2012, she...