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  • The Red Land

    The Illustrated Archaeology of Egypt's Eastern Desert

    by Steven E. Sidebotham, Martin Hense, Hendrikje M. Nouwens ...
    For thousands of years Egypt has crowded the Nile Valley and Delta. The Eastern Desert, however, has also played a crucial-though until now little understood-role in Egyptian history. Ancient inhabitants of the Nile Valley feared the desert, which they referred to as the Red Land, and were reluctant to venture there, yet they exploited the extensive mineral wealth of this region. They also ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route

    by Steven E. Sidebotham ...
    Series Book 18 - California World History Library
    The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire’s heyday, equally important maritime routes reached from the Egyptian Red Sea across the Indian Ocean. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today’s Suez Canal, was a significant port among these conduits. In this book, Steven E. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Odyssey of a Bombardier

    The POW Log of Richard M. Mason

    Edited by John J. Hurt, Steven E. Sidebotham ...
    Odyssey of a Bombardier is the illustrated Prisoner of War “log” that depicts the experiences of bombardier Richard M. Mason in German prison camps after his B-17 “Flying Fortress” was shot down by the Germans in France in 1944, the final year of World War II. The log follows Mason from the day his plane crashed until his liberation in April, 1945, and his return home to the United States. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period: Archaeological Reports

    Edited by Jean-Pierre Brun, Thomas Faucher, Bérangère Redon, Steven Sidebotham ...
    Series series Institut des civilisations
    The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites [greywacke] from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât, etc.)– have, despite the difficulties due to harsh climatic conditions, been exploited ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Egypt from Alexander to the Copts

    An Archaeological and Historical Guide Revised Electronic Edition

    Edited by Roger S. Bagnall, Dominic W. Rathbone ...
    After its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 bc, Egypt was ruled for the next 300 years by the Ptolemaic dynasty founded by Ptolemy I, one of Alexander's generals. With the defeat of Cleopatra VII in 30 bc, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, and later of the Byzantine Empire. For a millennium it was one of the wealthiest, most populous and important lands of the multicultural ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

    by Eric H. Cline ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

    Edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine ...
    This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean Islands from c.3000–1100 BCE, as well as topics such as trade, religions, and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress

    Edited by Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel, Marie-Louise Nosch ...
    Series series Ancient Textiles
    Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence within a broad geographical and chronological spectrum. The thirteen ... Read more

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  • Woven Threads

    Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age

    Edited by Maria C. Shaw, Anne P. Chapin ...
    Series Book 22 - Ancient Textiles
    Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece, that prospered during the Aegean Bronze Age, c. 3000–1200 BC, contemporary with Pharaonic Egypt. Both could boast ... Read more

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  • Mesopotamia Before History

    by Petr Charvát ...
    Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible. Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt

    Edited by Christina Riggs ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting ... Read more

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  • The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age

    Continuity and Change Between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC

    by Oliver Dickinson ...
    Following Oliver Dickinson’s successful The Aegean Bronze Age, this textbook is a synthesis of the period between the collapse of the Bronze Age civilization in the thirteenth and twelfth centuries BC, and the rise of the Greek civilization in the eighth century BC.With chapter bibliographies, distribution maps and illustrations, Dickinson’s detailed examination of material and archaeological ... Read more

    $60.99 USD