This is a presentation of beautiful colored mosaics. They originate from buildings in the oasis of Jericho and all date from the first half of the eighth century, during the time of Umayyad caliphate
After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei , in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life an
Over her career Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of t
From its first century Roman amphitheatre to the 21st century Olympic Stadium at Stratford, London has always been a city of spectacles and sporting fever. In the 12th century crowds would gather at S
Aged seven, Francesco Scannella’s world turns upside down when he is uprooted from his English suburban home, and sent to the heartland of the Cosa Nostra. He quickly forgets that he ever spoke Englis
The aim of this lavishly illustrated book is to provide an in-depth study of the many medieval peasant houses still standing in Midland villages, and of their historical context. In particular, the co
The growing interest in the cultural dimensions and environmental aspects of the transition to the Neolithic in the 6th millennium BC calls for a brief overview of what we know about the Early Neolith
Tokenhouse Yard in the City of London lies in the upper reaches of the valley of the Walbrook. The Walbrook was undoubtedly a powerful and important topographical feature of the Roman city, rising to
The results of two related fieldwork projects are presented: a brief salvage excavation at Plakari (a Final Neolithic site near the modern town of Karystos) and a survey of prehistoric sites on the Pa
Silbury Hill is an enormous earthen mound that is situated in the heart of the Marlborough Downs, and set today within the Avebury World Heritage Site. This academic monograph will provide a full acco
This work in two volumes brings together all of Irving Lavin's studies aside from those on Gian Lorenzo Bernini. They range from studies of the art and architecture of Late Antiquity to twentieth-cent
The frontiers of the Roman Empire form the largest surviving monument of one of the world's greatest states, and stretch for around 7500 km through 20 countries. The remains of these have been studied
Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936) is one of Spains greatest twentieth-century authors, and though he remains little known outside the country of his birth he is widely recognised by Hispanists as one
Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936) is one of Spains greatest twentieth-century authors, and though he remains little known outside the country of his birth he is widely recognised by Hispanists as one
The Miracle of the Transplantation of the Black Leg, a posthumous miracle performed by the saints Cosmas and Damian, is best known from the Golden Legend of Jacobus the Voragine (1265). From the early
One of the primary social changes ushered in by the French Revolution was the legalization of divorce in 1792. Diluted by the Civil Code and suppressed by the Restoration, divorce was only fully estab
The ancient art of Chines painting has many good traditions, such as expressive use of lines, the adept use of ink, and majestic composition. Vast expanses of landscapes can be represented in a singe
There is a powerful sense of place at the seaside. You know what to expect. Fishing villages usually have a pier, boats, lobster pots, and masses of seagulls while resort towns have esplanades, piers,
A catalogue and analysis of over 1000 Roman-period oil lamps from the Holy Land within the collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The Roman period in Palestine begins with the conquest of the
A collection of thirty-two papers dealing with the development of the city in the Adriatic area, on Italian, Dalmatian and Albanian coasts. The time period stretches from the Iron Age right through to
English Description: The American Andre Previn (b. 1929 in Berlin) is one of the most versatile musicians of today. For over thirty years he has directed the leading orchestras of the world and record
Explorer Helge Ingstad set out in the 1960s to search for the much hypothesized and mythical Norse land of Vinland. Vinland, originally discovered by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE, is described in two sagas
Part of a series on the history of the English kitchen, this volume presents a complete facsimile edition of one of England's early cookbooks, with a foreword by Alan Davidson and an historical introd
For most of the front pages that follow, my inspiration has been twofold - to elaborate some touching story from my everyday life experience, however banal, and use it as a stepping stone to illustrat
Before he became the celebrated Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera (1886-1957) lived in Paris and was married to Russian painter Angelina Beloff, who wrote him a series of letters after he returned to Mex
European and US scholars of literature contribute to the recent interest in digression not as weakness in a work but as a deliberate strategy by authors. The topics include towards a theory of plotles
Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites - men, women, and children. The issue of the morality of the biblical God is one of the major chall
English description: The collection of antique sculpture in Dresden is among the oldest and most comprehensive of its kind in Northern Europe. Its holdings will be published in the coming years in a n
"This up-to-date discussion takes as its starting point the challenge to the traditional notion of feudalism in the twenty-five years since the publication of Jean-Pierre Poly and Eric Bournazel's wor
Now and then through the history of the church a great light appears, a prophet recalling the church to its missional vocation. These reformers are lovers of God, mystics whose lives are utterly given
The clang of the trolley bus bell, the sudden, piercing blast of the guard's whistle, the whirr of the clippie's ticket machine and the familiar, friendly call of `Fares, Please!' are all sounds that
This publication makes the evidence for early iron smelting in Georgia available in English for the first time. It presents the results of excavations carried out between 1960 and 1984 on 9 clusters o
Did the Romans survey the lands that they conquered? This study puts forward evidence in support of the idea that geometric patterns can be discerned in the angles of road alignments and the position
Human bones form the most direct link to understanding how people lived in the past, who they were and where they came from. The interpretative value of human skeletal remains (within their burial con
The papers in this volume stem from a 2006 symposium on Proust at Princeton University. Each focuses on an aspect of the undoubted oddities inherent in Proust and evidenced in his work. Topics include
British classicist Usher argues that Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43) sought not only to convince his listeners of the rightness of the cases, but to display his range of other literary and
This is a paperback reprint of a work published in 1990 (Academic Press), presented here with a new introduction by the author, who comments on the original publication and on changes in the disciplin
During a short period in the 11th century, the Viking longship united Norway, Denmark, South Sweden, and England in Knut the Great's North-Sea Empire. This book details the making of the Sea Stallion,
This study, a revisiting of the author's PhD thesis, looks at Royal landholding in the Wessex shires of Hampshire and Dorset in the later Anglo-Saxon period. It analyses the techniques used for estate
Larson explores how the Greek people (who the Athenians often characterized as piggish) saw themselves during the second half of the sixth and first half of the fifth centuries BCE. She finds that the
