From Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, the expert Ancient Historian behind PERSIANS, discover the remarkable story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt....Lasīt vairāk
Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world.This volume, the first full-length...Lasīt vairāk
Recapturing the lost world of Hellenistic Egypt and tracing the kingdoms final centuries before its fall to Rome, a noted historian tells the dramatic story of the seven Cleopatras who styled themselves as goddess-queens, ruling through the canny de...Lasīt vairāk
A brilliant feat of resurrection (Tom Holland, author of Dominion), offering a stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of...Lasīt vairāk
James Fraser, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Henry Bishop-Wright
(Izdošanas datums: 04-May-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: British Museum Press, ISBN-13: 9780714111964)
An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury together with its positive and negative connotations in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE. Luxurious objects are celebrated...Lasīt vairāk
Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual melange of information w...Lasīt vairāk
Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual melange of information w...Lasīt vairāk
Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world. This volume, the first full-length study of Kleopat...Lasīt vairāk
The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme...Lasīt vairāk
The Culture of Animals in Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly presented ancient sources in translation, some well-known, others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all central to a key area of study in ancient...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Aug-2018, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748675630)
In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbusters. The studios used every device they could find to wow audiences with the spectacle of antiquity....Lasīt vairāk
In the period 1916-1966, during its so-called Golden Age, Hollywood developed a passion for the ancient world and produced many epic movie blockbusters. The studios used every device they could find to wow audiences with the spectacle of antiquity....Lasīt vairāk
The Culture of Animals and Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly-presented ancient sources in translation, some of which may be well-known, and others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all central to a key area...Lasīt vairāk
Hellenistic courts were centres of monarchic power, social prestige and high culture in the kingdoms that emerged after the death of Alexander. They were places of refinement, learning and luxury, and also of corruption, rivalry and murder. Surrounde...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Jan-2013, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748641260)
The first Persian Empire (559-331 BCE) was the biggest land empire the world had seen, and seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the south of modern-day Iran, was the person of the Great King. Immortalized in Greek literature as despotic tyra...Lasīt vairāk
