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Egypt: Lost Civilizations by Christina Riggs
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
Egypt: Lost Civilizations by Christina Riggs
Category: History | Series: Lost civilizations
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascin--ation and inspiration in many other cultures. But why? Christina Riggs introduces the history, art and religion of Egypt from its earliest dynasties to its final fall to Rome - and explores the influence ancient Egypt has h ...Show more
Maya - Lost Civilizations by Megan E. O'Neil
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
An illuminating look at the myriad communities who have engaged with the ancient Maya over the centuries. This book reveals how the ancient Maya--and their buildings, ideas, objects, and identities--have been perceived, portrayed, and exploited over five hundred years in the Americas, Europe, and be ...Show more
The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations by Frances F. Berdan
Category: Popular 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 Barbarians: Lost Civilizations by Peter Bogucki
Category: History | Series: Lost civilizations
The civilizations of Greece and Rome that flourished in Mediterranean Europe did not develop in isolation. To their north, non-literate peoples inhabited river valleys, mountains, plains and coasts from the Atlantic to the Urals. Their story, known almost exclusively through archaeological finds of sett ...Show more
The Etruscans by Lucy Shipley
Category: Ancient History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
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 ...Show more
The Etruscans - Lost Civilizations by Lucy Shipley
Category: Ancient History/Mythology | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
The Etruscans were a powerful people, marked by an influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, the Etruscans are often portrayed as mysterious--a strange and unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley's The Etruscans presents a different ...Show more
The Goths: Lost Civilizations by David M. Gwynn
Category: History | Series: Lost Civilizations
The Goths are truly a "lost civilization." Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet after the ...Show more
The Greeks: Lost Civilizations by Philip Matyszak
Category: Popular History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
This book is a portrait of Ancient Greece--but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilization was spread across the Middle East, or that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. Philip Matyszak tells the lost stories of the Greeks outside Greece, compatriots of ...Show more
The Hittites - Lost Civilizations by Damien Stone (Contribution by)
Category: Middle East & African History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
An accessible introduction to the Bronze Age culture in Asia Minor. Famed for their warriors, the Hittites flourished in the region of modern Turkey from the seventeenth to thirteenth centuries BC. In this book, archaeologist Damien Stone explores the rich history of the Hittite civilization beyond t ...Show more
The Inca - Lost Civilizations by Kevin Lane
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 Persians - Lost Civilizations by Geoffrey Parker (Contribution by); Brenda Parker (Contribution by)
Category: Middle East & African History | Series: Lost Civilizations Ser.
Now available in paperback, The Persians tells the story of this cultured ancient civilization, tracing the unique features of Persian life as well as their influence down the centuries. The book describes the difficulties early Persians encountered and how such challenges contributed to their unique ch ...Show more