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Ancient civilisations
Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.
Aldous Huxley
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9780563522577
Egypt, How A Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered
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NZ$ 50.00 each
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Author:
Joyce A. Tyldesley
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BBC Consumer Publishing
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Mythological Gods
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NZ$ 16.00 each
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Author:
M. R Padilla
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Edimat Libros
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9780061655531
The Secret of the Great Pyramid : How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery
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NZ$ 27.00 each
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Bob Bier & Jean-Pierre Houdin
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HarperPaperbacks
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Eight years ago, Jean-Pierre Houdin, a successful French architect, became obsessed by the age-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. He renounced his architectural practice, sold his Paris apartment, and for ten hours a day labored at his computer to create exquisitely detailed 3-D models of the interior of the Great Pyramid. After five years of effort, the images rotating on his computer screen provided irrefutable evidence of an astonishing secret. Corkscrewing up the inside of the Great Pyramid is a mile-long ramp, unseen for 4,500 years. The pyramid was built from the inside. The revelation casts a fresh light on the minds that founded earth's first civilization. The narration takes place in two time frames: ancient and modern. The ancient story explains how a nation of farmers that had only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. To execute something as complex ...
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9781426202643
Tutankhamun : the golden king and the great pharoahs
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Zahi A. Hawass
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National Geographic Society
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Created by a team of world-renowned art historians under the guidance of Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, the book provides the entire sweep of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the lifestyles and practices of the great pharaohs. Six chapters chronicle 3,000 years of history, from the predynastic days to Tut and the golden age, circa 1355 B.C., and on to Greek domination in the Ptolemaic period. Exquisite photography by Italian master Sandro Vannini spotlights all the artifacts on display at the exhibition. Vannini's innovative technique makes the photographs jump off the page, and the book's design takes its lead from the exhibition, grouping objects representing family life, religious practices, funerary rituals, and the gold of Egypt's great kings and queens.Here is a kohl pot - an eye makeup container - owned by Queen Tiye around 1400 B.C. Here is a carved sketch of a princess eating duck, and a ...
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A Brief Guide to Greek Myths
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Stephen Kershaw
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Constable and Robinson
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This work is a uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek mythology. Making extensive reference to the original source material the book explores the resonance and relevance of these fascinating and influential tales, both to the Ancient Greeks and to the twenty-first century. The book leads the reader through these vibrant stories, from the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes. All the familiar narratives are here, along with some less familiar characters and motifs. In addition to the tales, the book explains key issues arising from the narratives, and discusses the myths and their wider relevance. This long-overdue book crystallises three key areas of interest: the nature of the tales; the stories themselves; and how they have and might be interpreted. For the first time, it brings together aspects of Greek mythology only usually available in ...
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A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors
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Anthony Blond
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Constable and Robinson
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With the recent success of "Rome" on BBC2, no one will look at the private lives of the Roman Emperors again in the same light. Anthony Blond's scandalous expose of the life of the Caesars is a must-read for all interested in what really went on in ancient Rome. Julius Caesar is usually presented as a glorious general when in fact he was an arrogant charmer and a swank; Augustus was so conscious of his height that he put lifts in his sandals. But they were nothing compared to Caligula, Claudius and Nero. This book is fascinating reading, eye-opening in its revelations and effortlessly entertaining.
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