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In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb

by Daniel Meyerson

In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter...


The Hellenistic Age

by Peter Green

The Hellenistic era witnessed the overlap of antiquity’s two great Western civilizations, the Greek and the Roman. This was the epoch of Alexander’s vast expansion of the Greco-Macedonian world, the rise...


Spartan Warrior 735-331 BC

by Duncan Campbell & Steve Noon

Immortalized through their exploits at the battle of Thermopylae under the legendary Leonidas, as well as countless other victories throughout the classical period, the Spartans were some of the best trained,...


Roman Archaeology for Historians

by Ray Laurence

Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual...


Aphrodite

by Monica S. S. Cyrino

Aphrodite explores the many myths and meanings of the Greek goddess of love, sex and beauty. One of the most widely worshipped and popular deities in Greek antiquity, Aphrodite emerges from the imaginations...


Historical Dictionary of Byzantium

by John H. Rosser

In this revised and updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, author John H. Rosser introduces both the general reader and the researcher to the history of the Byzantine Empire. This...


Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica

by Walter R. T. Witschey & Clifford T. Brown

The Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica covers the history of Mesoamerica through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries covering the...


UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia

by Miles Russell & Stuart Laycock

When we think of Roman Britain we tend to think of a land of togas and richly decorated palaces with Britons happily going about their much improved daily business under the benign gaze of Rome. This image is...


The Medieval Greek Romance

by Roderick Beaton

First published by CUP in 1989, The Medieval Greek Romance provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that...


Time in Roman Religion: One Thousand Years of Religious History

by Gary Forsythe

Religion is a major subfield of ancient history and classical studies, and Roman religion in particular is usually studied today by experts in two rather distinct halves: the religion of the Roman Republic,...


Edgar Cayce's Tales of Ancient Egypt

by John Van Auken

John Van Auken combines the collection of Egyptian past lives found in the Cayce readings with Egyptian legends that appear in papyruses, on temple walls, and in pyramid texts for a complete picture that reveals...


The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games

by Tony Perrottet

What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?

With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan...


No-Man's Lands: One Man's Odyssey Through The Odyssey

by Scott Huler

When NPR contributor Scott Huler made one more attempt to get through James Joyce’s Ulysses, he had no idea it would launch an obsession with the book’s inspiration: the ancient Greek epic The Odyssey and...


Beneath the Pyramids

by Andrew Collins

Beneath the pyramids of Egypt lies a lost underworld of catacombs, hewn chambers, and cave tunnels. They are alluded to in ancient texts and Arab legends, but have been left unexplored until today. They have...


2012 In Your Pocket

by Geoff Stray

Everything you ever wanted to know about 2012 is packed into this handy little guidebook by 2012 expert Geoff Stray. With illustrations, diagrams, and concise text, Stray takes us on a journey from our past...


Greek Fortifications of Asia Minor 500-130 BC: From the Persian Wars to the Roman Conquest

by Konstantin Nossov & Brian Delf

Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world. Fought over repeatedly...


Hittite Fortifications c.1650-700 BC

by Konstantin Nossov & Brian Delf

In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migrated and settled in Central Anatolia, at that time a land of small city-states whose rulers lived in fortresses....


Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History

by Roger S. Bagnall

Writing from practical experience, classics professor Roger S. Bagnall puts together a scholarly guide to using and analyzing ancient papyri texts in research. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities...


Slaves Tell Tales

by Sara Forsdyke

Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts, and overlook the role that informal social practices played in the regulation of the political...


Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

by Anthony Everitt

He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of...