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Egypt: Lost Civilizations by Christina Riggs
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
Examining the history, art, and religion of ancient Egypt, an illuminating look at why it has been so influential throughout the centuries. From Roman villas to Hollywood films, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspiration in many other cultures. But why, exactly, has this been the ...Show more
The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations by Frances F. Berdan
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan casts fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths and human sacrifice. While often described as ‘stone age’, the Aztecs’ achievement ...Show more
The Inca - Lost Civilizations by Kevin Lane
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the ...Show more
The Phoenicians: Lost Civilizations by Vadim S. Jigoulov
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
The Phoenicians is a fascinating exploration of this much-mythologized people: their history, artistic heritage and the scope of their maritime and colonising activities in the Mediterranean.Vadim S. Jigoulov describes and analyses various artefacts (epigraphic, numismatic and material remains) and cons ...Show more
The Sumerians - Lost Civilizations by Paul Collins
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world's earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BCE. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing, and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our own urb ...Show more
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