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  • The Archaeology of South-East Italy in the First Millennium BC

    Greek and Native Societies of Apulia and Lucania between the 10th and the 1st Century BC

    by Douwe Yntema ...
    Series series Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
    Synthesizing some 30 years of archaeological research in south-east Italy, this book discusses a millennium that witnessed breathtaking changes: the first millennium BC. In nine to ten centuries the Mediterranean societies changed from a great variety of mostly small entities of predominantly tribal nature into the enormous state currently indicated as the Roman Empire.,This volume is a case study ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Venice

    by Professor Elizabeth Horodowich ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    In this colourful new history of Venice, Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading experts on Venice, tells the story of the place from its ancient origins, and its early days as a multicultural trading city where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together at the crossroads between East and West. She explores the often overlooked role of Venice, alongside Florence and Rome, as one of the principal ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Etruscans

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Smith ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From around 900 to 400 BC, the Etruscans were the most innovative, powerful, wealthy, and creative people in Italy. Their archaeological record is both substantial and fascinating, including tomb paintings, sculpture, jewellery, and art. In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Smith explores Etruscan history, culture, language, and customs. Examining the controversial debates about their ... Read more

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  • The Fires of Vesuvius

    Pompeii Lost and Found

    by Mary Beard ...
    Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day.Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of ... Read more

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  • The Etruscans

    Lost Civilizations

    by Lucy Shipley ...
    Series Book 6 - Lost Civilizations
    The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as mysterious – a strange, unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley’s history of the Etruscans presents a different picture: of a people who traded with Greece and shaped the development of Rome, who inspired Renaissance ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • A History of Roman Art

    by Steven L. Tuck ...
    A HISTORY OF ROMAN ARTThe new edition of the leading textbook on Roman art, updated with new images and expanded geographic and cultural scopeA History of Roman Art is an expansive survey of the painting, mosaic, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture of ancient Rome. This acclaimed textbook provides a fully-illustrated narrative history of Roman art that spans a millennium, from the early ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Sicily

    The Time Traveler's Guide

    by Louis Mendola, Jacqueline Alio ...
    Series series Time Traveler's Guide
    This general history of Sicily and guide to its sights and sites is the perfect supplement to guide books that focus on things like hotels and restaurants. It was written by real historians, the kind who author academic studies, while being presented in understandable language, without arcane prose. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Venice

    History of the Floating City

    by Joanne M. Ferraro ...
    This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European and North African exchange networks that made it a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural centre. Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Siculo-Norman Art: Islamic Culture in Medieval Sicily

    by Nicola Giuliano Leone, Eliana Mauro, Carla Quartarone, Ettore Sessa ...
    Sicily was won from the Aghlabids in 827 and passed to the Fatimids in 948. The Norman Conquest of 1061 finally ousted the Muslims from the Island. Organised into three administrative valla Val di Mazara, Val di Noto, Val Demone Islamic Sicily produced singularly imaginative crafts and many religious and civic buildings, resurrecting some Byzantine canons, at times still heavily tainted with a ... Read more

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  • Pompeii

    An Archaeological Guide

    by Paul Wilkinson ...
    The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets which re-emerged, miraculously preserved, from their layers of volcanic ash. Yet for all the fame and unique importance of the site, there is a surprising lack of a handy archaeological guide in English to reveal and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The World of Pompeii

    Edited by Pedar Foss ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Pompeii

    (Grove Art Essentials)

    by Tran Tam Tinh, Eugene Dwyer, Volker Michael Strocka, Katherine M. D. Dunbabin, Peter J. Holliday ...
    Series series Grove Art Essentials Series
    Situated in the Sarno River valley in southern Italy, on a gentle slope facing the sea to the south of Vesuvius, the Roman site of Pompeii was already famous throughout the ancient world when it was destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. Preserved under layers of ash and lava, the city was rediscovered in the 18th century after some 1700 years. In this fully illustrated Grove Art ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD