Download or read book The British Museum Timeline of the Ancient World written by Katharine Wiltshire and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeline of ancient history is based on the British Museum's extensive collection of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman antiquities, features full-color spreads, and includes a detachable insert that compares the developments of each culture. 20,000 first printing.
Download or read book Timeline of the Ancient World written by Katharine Wiltshire and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed treatment, col. photos., fold out timeline. 32p, index. 11 yrs+
Download or read book Timeline of the Ancient World written by Ian Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Museum Pocket Timeline of Ancient Rome written by Katharine Wiltshire and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a brief, chronological history of ancient Rome from 2000 B.C. to 500 A.D. from its beginnings as a tiny settlement on the river Tiber to its heyday as the greatest empire of the ancient world.
Download or read book The British Museum Pocket Timeline of Ancient Greece written by Emma McAllister and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering concise introductions to each of the significant periods of Greek history, this 32-page book includes special features on important people, places, events and discoveries. At the back of the book is a 12-page foldout timeline which offers a quick visual reference to the history of the ancient Greek world.
Download or read book Egyptian Gods Goddesses written by Johnathan Deaver and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1900-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gods and goddesses—in human, animal, and other forms—were central to the ancient Egyptian way of life. Identified with the natural world, daily living, and the afterlife, they maintained order and prevented chaos from permeating the human world. The figures documented in ancient hieroglyphics are given dimension in this absorbing volume, which examines the characteristics and significance of many of the Egyptian gods and goddesses and also looks at related topics such as ancient symbols and the influence of Egyptian mythology on other cultures and belief systems.
Download or read book The Parthenon Sculptures written by Ian Dennis Jenkins and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photographs focus on the pediment sculptures that filled the triangular gables at each end of the temple; the metopes that crowned the architrave surmounting the outer columns; and the frieze that ran around the four sides of the building, inside the colonnade. Comparative images, showing the sculptures in full and fine detail, bring out particular features of design and help to contrast Greek ideas with those of other cultures. The book further reflects on how, over 2,500 years, the cultural identity of the Parthenon sculptures has changed. In particular, Jenkins expands on the irony of our intimate knowledge and appreciation of the sculptures--a relationship far more intense than that experienced by their ancient, intended spectators--as they have been transformed from architectural ornaments into objects of art.
Download or read book A History of the Ancient World written by Michael Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journey Through the Afterlife written by John H. Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
Download or read book The British Museum Library written by Arundell Esdaile and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1946, provides a summary account, historical and descriptive, which is full enough to be useful for reference and information, and at the same time to bring out the true significance of the collections of the British Museum Library and of the tale of their gathering.
Download or read book The Year One written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than 150 works of art that exemplify all these societies at the Year One are illustrated in color and explained in this volume. Historical summaries accompanied by maps briefly describe the nature of each culture and the flow of power and peoples during the period centering around the Year One.
Download or read book A Kid s Life in Prehistoric Times So You Think You ve Got It Bad written by Chae Strathie and published by So You Think You've Got It Bad. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly funny and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in prehistoric times!
Download or read book A Day in a Working Life 3 volumes written by Gary Westfahl and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 2543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for high school and college students studying history through the everyday lives of men and women, this book offers intriguing information about the jobs that people have held, from ancient times to the 21st century. This unique book provides detailed studies of more than 300 occupations as they were practiced in 21 historical time periods, ranging from prehistory to the present day. Each profession is examined in a compelling essay that is specifically written to inform readers about career choices in different times and cultures, and is accompanied by a bibliography of additional sources of information, sidebars that relate historical issues to present-day concerns, as well as related historical documents. Readers of this work will learn what each profession entailed or entails on a daily basis, how one gained entry to the vocation, training methods, and typical compensation levels for the job. The book provides sufficient specific detail to convey a comprehensive understanding of the experiences, benefits, and downsides of a given profession. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering honest testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.
Download or read book Ancient Egypt written by Thomas Garnet Henry James and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a new series, this book presents a general view of ancient Egyptian life and culture set in the specific geography of the land and its river, the Nile, within the historical framework of the dynastic sequence. Overall it provides an entertaining survey of ancient Egypt and its rich and well-documented culture.
Download or read book 1177 B C written by Eric H. Cline and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.
Download or read book The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach written by Robin Sampson and published by Heart of Wisdom Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the Bible-based homeschool teaching approach for parents, and discusses Christian education, learning styles, unit studies, bible study, and more.
Download or read book Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum written by William Sandys Wright Vaux and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an indispensable guide to the antiquities in the British Museum, one of the world's greatest repositories of ancient art and artifacts. It provides detailed descriptions and histories of the Museum's most important holdings, from the art of ancient Greece and Rome to the material culture of Mesopotamia and Egypt. With its meticulous scholarship and insightful commentary, it is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of art and archaeology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
