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Celts [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width x depth: 238x166x31 mm, weight: 608 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 05-Oct-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Heron Books
  • ISBN-10: 1784293326
  • ISBN-13: 9781784293321
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
  • Formāts: Hardback, 320 pages, height x width x depth: 238x166x31 mm, weight: 608 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 05-Oct-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Heron Books
  • ISBN-10: 1784293326
  • ISBN-13: 9781784293321
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil Oliver

The Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling account, Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, uncovering the truth about this engimatic tribe: their origins, their treasure and their enduring legacy today. What emerges is not a wild people, but a highly sophisticated tribal culture that influenced the ancient world - and even Rome.

It is the story of a multicultural civilization, linked by a common language.

It is the story of how ideas travelled in prehistory, how technology and art spread across the continent.

It is the story of a five-hundred year fight between two civilizations that came to define the world we live in today.

It is the story of a culture that changed Europe forever.



'Roberts's lightness of touch is joyous, and celebratory' Observer

'Clear-spoken and enthusiastic' Telegraph

Recenzijas

A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are - Observer

From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from this book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself - Richard Dawkins

Alice Roberts is our pre-eminent science storyteller - Adam Rutherford

Foreword xv
Introduction Setting out 1(12)
What's in a Name? Reimagining the Celts
13(28)
Iron, Salt and Wine Building a big society and the thirst for resources
41(46)
Warriors, Swords and Torcs The ebb and flow of ideas in Iron Age Europe
87(40)
Clashing with Empire Iron Age geopolitics -- Celts on die move
127(48)
Myths from the Mists of Time Life on the fringes -- the flourishing of Celtic culture in non-Roman Europe
175(50)
Identity and Legacy A new view of an ancient people
225(50)
Epilogue 275(2)
Further reading 277(4)
Acknowledgements 281(4)
Index 285
Alice Roberts is an anatomist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, television presenter, author and professor at the University of Birmingham. She has presented Coast, Digging for Britain and The Incredible Human Journey on BBC2, Inside Science on Radio 4 and has appeared as an expert on Time Team on Channel 4. She writes a regular column for The Observer and is passionate about human health, evolution and history. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two children.