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 Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt 
 Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt Author: Emily Teeter Cambridge University Press 2011 ISBN: 9780521848558 Pages: 285 Language: English Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 38 MB This book is a vivid reconstruction of the practical aspects of ancient Egyptian religion. Through an examination of artifacts and inscriptions, the text explores a variety of issues. For example, who was allowed to enter the temples, and what rituals were preformed therein? Who served as priests? How were they organized and trained, and what did they do? What was the Egyptians' attitude toward death, and what happened at funerals? How did the living and dead communicate? In what ways could people communicate with the gods? What impact did religion have on the economy and longevity of the society? This book demystifies Egyptian religion, exploring what it meant to the people and society. The text is richly illustrated with images of rituals and religious objects.
Ancient Mysteries of Britain
 Author: Janet and Colin Bord Ancient Mysteries of Britain Diamond Books 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 288 Language: English Size: 89 MB Britain is a land full of fascinating historical sites and remarkable physical features. The landscape itself, with its many idiosyncrasies and strange traits, serves as a key to the past - the stone circles, prehistoric domestic dwellings, tombs and temples, rock carvings, earthworks, holy wells and Roman remains, all contain clues of civilisations long past and hint at how our ancestors used to live.In this lavishly-illustrated and very readable guide, authors Janet and Colin Bord explore the origins of such features and investigate the ancient sites associated with folklore and legend.
In Search of Vikings: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England
 Author: Stephen E. Harding (Editor), David Griffiths (Editor), Elizabeth Royles (Editor) In Search of Vikings: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England CRC Press 2014 Format: PDF Size: 33 Mb Language: English The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries, but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia, who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America, Russia, and Central Asia, are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they represent ruthlessness, heroism, adventurousness, and a unique prestige embellished by the wondrous tales and poetry of the sagas. Yet the sum of evidence for the Viking presence is far less clear than their reputation implies. In Search of Vikings presents a collection of papers from experts in a broad range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, to provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This book focuses on one particularly exciting area of the Viking world, namely the north-west region of England, where they are known to have settled in large numbers. North-west England was the crossroads between Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It was a battleground for distant powers and dynasties, and its Irish Sea coastline created opportunities for trading and settlement. Silver hoards, burials, and Old Norse place-names attest to the Viking presence, and Scandinavian DNA is detectable amongst the modern population. The 12 integrated studies in this book are designed to reinvigorate the search for Vikings in this crucial region and to provide must-reading for anyone interested in Viking history.
Going to War in Ancient Egypt
 Author: Anne Millard Going to War in Ancient Egypt (Armies of the Past) Franklin Watts 2001 Format: PDF Pages: 38 Language: English Size: 66.4 MB Examines how charioteers and footsoldiers, archers and auxiliaries organized far-reaching military expeditions into unexplored territories. With full-colour illustrations and fact-filled text, you can find out what life was really like for a warrior.
Japan's Medieval Population: Famine, Fertility, and Warfare in a Transformative Age
 Author:William Wayne Farris Japan's Medieval Population: Famine, Fertility, and Warfare in a Transformative Age 2006 University of Hawaii Press Format:pdf Size:2 MB Pages:386 Language:English This volume charts a course through never-before-surveyed historical territory: Japan's medieval population, a topic so challenging that neither Japanese nor foreign scholars have investigated it in a comprehensive way. And yet, demography is an invaluable approach to the past because it provides a way - often the only way - to study the mass of people who did not belong to the political or religious elite.
Paris Ville Antique: Guide archeologiques de la France
 Paris Ville Antique: Guide archeologiques de la France Author: Collective Editions Du Patrimoine 2001 ISBN 13: 978-2858223688 Pages: 160 Language: French Format: PDF Size: 96 MB Excellent guide qui permet de comprendre les origines de la capitale. La civilisation romaine a laisse des traces enfouies qu'il faut decouvrir pour comprendre toute l'importance que cette empreinte a eue pour l'avenir de Lutece, futur Paris. La forme et le visage du Paris antique. Quatorze siecles de decouvertes. Une "ville-pont" structuree par le fleuve. Les monuments. Des itineraires de visite dans la ville et les musees. Collection : Guides archeologiques de la France.
Ancient Civilizations: Almanac
 Author: Judson Knight and Lawrence W. Baker Ancient Civilizations: Almanac U X L 1999 600 Format: Pdf Size: 10,0 MB Language: English Provides historical information and interpretation on ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, China, Africa, Israel, and elsewhere.
Roman Portraits
 Roman Portraits Author: Jiri Frel J. Paul Getty Museum 1981 ISBN: 0866590048 Pages: 144 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 11 MB Portraits, sometimes crude in their realism or gripping in the sense of a living person, were one of the great achievements of Roman Art. The collection of one hundred portraits in the Getty Museum is one of the largest in the world. Dr. Frel surveys the history of Roman portrait art in an often controversial introduction on the purpose of portraits in Roman life and society, continuing his arguments through the catalogue analyses of the individual pieces. The occasion for the book was a loan exhibition of the portraits to the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa. This lavishly illustrated book presents a discussion of the principal views and the uses of the portrait in ancient times. The photographs include unusual views of the back and profiles of many portraits to show the care with which they were created and their damage and reworking over the centuries. The catalogue also includes five portraits that are late evocations of the antique and outright forgeries.
The Age of the Vikings
 Author: Anders Winroth The Age of the Vikings Princeton University Press 2014 Format: epub/pdf Size: 10 Mb Language: English The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by medieval and modern myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and developed a vast trading network. They traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships, not only to raid, but also to explore. Despite their fearsome reputation, the Vikings didn't wear horned helmets, and even the infamous berserkers were far from invincible. By dismantling the myths, The Age of the Vikings allows the full story of this period in medieval history to be told. By exploring every major facet of this exciting age, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. He shows how the Vikings seized on the boundless opportunities made possible by the invention of the longship, using it to venture to Europe for plunder, to open new trade routes, and to settle in lands as distant as Russia, Greenland, and the Byzantine Empire. Challenging the image of the Vikings that comes so easily to mind, Winroth argues that Viking chieftains were no more violent than men like Charlemagne, who committed atrocities on a far greater scale than the northern raiders. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society and culture of these legendary seafarers.
The Temple of Solomon: From Ancient Israel to Secret Societies
 Author: James Wasserman The Temple of Solomon: From Ancient Israel to Secret Societies Inner Traditions 2011 Format: PDF Size: 49 Mb Language: English A fully illustrated history of the Temple of Solomon - Examines the Temple of Solomon in the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and Apocryphal writings - Explores its role in the founding of Freemasonry, the legends of the Knights Templar, the doctrines of the Kabbalah, and the teachings of Islam - Explains the sacred nature of the Temple Mount--the site of the Temple of Solomon--and the secrets that may still be hidden there - Richly illustrated, including many photos and images from rare archives The spiritual heart of many esoteric societies, the Temple of Solomon was located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a site venerated by the three great monotheistic religions as the intersection of Divine and human. Built by King Solomon at the peak of ancient Israel’s power, the Temple of Solomon housed the golden Ark of the Covenant in its Holy of Holies, a sacred chamber where one could communicate directly with God. Centuries after the temple’s destruction, the Temple Mount was used as the headquarters for the Knights Templar during the Crusades, and countless legends have come down through the centuries about the secrets they may have uncovered there, including discovery of the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant.
The Persian Army 560-330bc
 Author:Nicholas Sekunda, Simon Chew The Persian Army 560-330bc Osprey Publishing Ltd 1992 Format: pdf Size: 40.5Mb Language: English The Persian Empire grew in the vacuum left by Assyria's destruction of the Kingdom of Elam (648 BC). Prince Teispes captured Anshan, once a stonghold of the Elamites. His father, Achaemenes is the person who is apparently responsible for training and organising the early Persian army and it is his name that is the beginning of the royal line of Achaemenian Kings. It is a dynasty which includes Darius the Great – the finest ruler of the Achaemenid era. The army he commanded included the infamous 'Immortals', who formed the elite of the Persian army, their numbers always kept to exactly 10,000 men.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations.
 Author: Charles F.W.Higham Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. Facts On File 2004 г. Format: PDF Size: 5 mb
The Archaeological Museum of Herakleion
 Author: Nota Dimopoulou-rethemiotaki The Archaeological Museum of Herakleion John S. Latsis 2005 Format: PDF Pages: 413 Language: English Size: 36.7 MB The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains the most notable and complete collection of artifacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. The Herakleion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times. The singularly important Minoan collection contains unique examples of Minoan art, many of them true masterpieces. The Herakleion Museum is rightly considered as the museum of Minoan culture par excellence worldwide.
The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples
 Author: Eleanor Winsor Leach The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples Cambridge University Press 2004 Format: PDF Size: 102 Mb Language: English Eleanor Winsor Leach offers a new interpretation of Roman painting as found in domestic spaces of the elite classes of ancient Rome. Leach contends that the painted images reflect the codes of communication embedded in upper class life, such as the theatricality expected of those leading public lives, the self-conscious assimilation of Hellenistic culture among aristocrats, and their ambivalent attitudes towards luxury.
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Volume 1
 Author: Alexander P. Kazhdan The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Volume 1) Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195046528 1991 Format: PDF Size: 72,9 МБ Language: English The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium is a three-volume, comprehensive dictionary of Byzantine civilization. The first resource of its kind in the field, it features over 5,000 entries written by an international group of eminent Byzantinists covering all aspects of life in the Byzantine world. According to Alexander Kazhdan, editor-in-chief of the Dictionary: "Entries on patriarchy and emperors will coexist with entries on surgery and musical instruments.
Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 BC
 Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 BC Author: Michael Rice Routledge 2003 Pages: 312 ISBN: 0-415-26874-5; 0-415-26875-3 Format: PDF Quality: Good Language: English Size: 9,18 mb Examines Egyptian history from c.5000 BC to c. 2000 BC down to the collapse of the old kingdom, showing in particular how the art of the period throws light on the psychology of the people and explores the essentially African nature of Egyptian society, institutions, and art.
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
 : The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World Author : Lincoln Paine Alfred A. Knopf : 2013 Pages: 978 Format : EPUB Size : 6 MB Language : English A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Lincoln Paine takes us back to the origins of long-distance migration by sea with our ancestors’ first forays from Africa and Eurasia to Australia and the Americas. He demonstrates the critical role of maritime trade to the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley. He reacquaints us with the great seafaring cultures of antiquity like those of the Phoenicians and Greeks, as well as those of India and Southeast and East Asia, who parlayed their navigational skills, shipbuilding techniques, and commercial acumen to establish thriving overseas colonies and trade routes in the centuries leading up to the age of European expansion. And finally, his narrative traces how commercial shipping and naval warfare brought about the enormous demographic, cultural, and political changes that have globalized the world throughout the post–Cold War era. This tremendously readable intellectual adventure shows us the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. We find out how a once-enslaved East African king brought Islam to his people, what the American “sail-around territories” were, and what the Song Dynasty did with twenty-wheel, human-powered paddleboats with twenty paddle wheels and up to three hundred crew. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs
 Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs Author: Christopher Dunn, Bear & Company 2010 Pages: 400 Format: PDF Size: 48 mb ISBN: 1591431026 Language: English A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times. Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.
Das Geheimnis der Pyramiden. Baukunst und Technik
 Das Geheimnis der Pyramiden. Baukunst und Technik Author: Jean-Philippe Lauer Weltbild Verlag ISBN: 3893501290 1990 Pages: 367 Format: PDF Size: 14.52МБ Language: German Die Pyramiden bergen das Wissen einer Jahrtausende alten Hochkultur. Ihre Rätsel sind bis heute nicht restlos gelöst. Die ägyptischen Königsgräber haben Generationen von Archäologen, Geologen und Sprachwissenschaftlern in ihren Bann geschlagen, ohne ihre Geheimnisse endgültig preiszugeben. Dem bekannten Archäologen Jean-Philippe Lauer, Mitglied des Institut d'Egypte ,gelingt es in diesem Buch, auf anschauliche Weise die Erkenntnisse der heutigen Pyramidenforschung zu vermitteln und geschichtliche Wahrheit von Mythen zu trennen.
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