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The Bull of Minos: The Great Discoveries of Ancient Greece by Leonard Cottrell Publisher Comments This is the story of two of the most heroic, and controversial, figures in archaeology: Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the remains of Troy, and Arthur Evans who unearthed the great city of King Minos. Ranking alongside Carter's discovery of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Early Greeks by R J Hopper Publisher Comments There has long been a need for a book which comprehensively takes account of the Greek Bronze Age, the transition to the Early Iron Age, the age of migration to Asia Minor and the period of colonisation of the Mediterranean, since it is clear that the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Berkeley Plato: From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure, an Archaeological Detective Story by Stephen Miller Publisher Comments This book explores the provenance of the so-called Berkeley Herm of Plato, a sculptural portrait that Stephen G. Miller first encountered over thirty years ago in a university storage basement. The head, languishing since its arrival in 1902, had become... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Philip II of Macedonia by Ian Worthington Publisher Comments Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often in books and films. But what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Find of a Lifetime: Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos by Sylvia Horowitz Publisher Comments The obsessions of a dapper Victorian gentleman led to one of the most breathtaking discoveries in archeology: the Palace of Minos at Knossos. As the brilliant curator of the famed Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Sir Evans was already well known when, at 50... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor Publisher Comments Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age by Oliver Dickinson Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World by David Sacks Synopsis From science to religion, politics to mathematics, and art to medicine, there are very few areas of our modern lives that are not in some way affected by classical Greece. Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World provides interdisciplinary coverage of... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Archaeology of Athens by John M Camp Synopsis A survey of the monuments of ancient Athens and Attica. The author presents a narrative history of the monuments, drawing on literary and epigraphic evidence and offering many passages in translation. The second section of the book contains in-depth... (read more) List Price $58.50 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Santorini Guide To the Island & Its Archaeolog by Christos Doumas Publisher Comments INTRODUCTION: Geography and Geology; Historical Outline; Archaeological Research; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: PREHISTORIC THERA: AKROTIRI: The Houses; Pottery; Wall-Paintings; Stone Tools and Vessels; Miniature Art and Metal-Working; External Relations... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Greek Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Greek Lands by Paul MacKendrick Publisher Comments 'Paul MacKendrick has a thrilling tale to tell....His book is for those who want an authoritative exposition of what archeologists are accomplishing in Greek lands.' --American Historical... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mycenaeans by Lord Willia Taylour Synopsis Studies the distinctive culture of the Mycenaeans, examining the architectural, engineering and artistic achievements of this civilization which dominated the pre-Classical era of Greek history.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Discoveries: Search for Ancient Greece (Discoveries) by Francoise Etienne Publisher Comments Etienne takes readers on a fascinating voyage of discovery--of ancient Greek civilization and of the people who studied it. Why has Greece served as a model for so many other civilizations? How did technology and politics combine in the growth of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Knossos & the Prophets of Modernism by Cathy Gere Publisher Comments In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. Over the... (read more) Your price: $27.50 New - Hardcover
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Acropolis in the Age of Pericles Rev Edition by Jeffrey M Hurwit Publisher Comments This abridged and revised edition of the author's monumental The Athenian Acropolis: History, Mythology and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present (Cambridge, 1998) focuses specifically on the development of the Acropolis in the fifth century... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $25.99 New - Softcvr W/Comp Media
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Finding the Walls of Troy Frank Calvert by Susan Allen Publisher Comments The relentlessly self-promoting amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for discovering Homer's Troy over one hundred years ago, and since then generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions and achievements. But Schliemann... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Greece by Mikhail Rostovtzeff Publisher Comments Greece is a companion volume to the paperback edition of Rome, and with it comprises the greater part of Rostovzeff's major work, A History of the Ancient World. From the appearance of prehistoric Aegean settlements, through the rise of the city states... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Archaeology of Athens by John Mck Camp Publisher Comments In this definitive book, prominent archaeologist John M. Camp presents an up-to-date survey of the monuments of ancient Athens and Attica to create a complete archaeological tour of the area. Camp's lavishly illustrated work will appeal not only to... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction by Stephanie Lyn Budin Publisher Comments This accessible introduction surveys the land and peoples who gave us the Labyrinth, the Acropolis, the Iliad and Odyssey, Herodotus and Thucydides, Sappho and Sophocles, Aphrodite and Aristotle, and so much more. Using the full range of resources of art... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Minoans Life in Bronze Age Crete by Rodney Castleden Publisher Comments Thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete. Since Sir Arthur Evans rediscovered the Minoans in the early 1900s,... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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