Arkeologi

In whose genetic image were we made? From his first book The 12th Planeton, Zecharia Sitchin has asserted that the Bible's Elohim, who said "Let us fashion The Adam in our image and after our likeness," were the gods of Sumer and Ba...

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Zvejnieki is situated on Lake Burtnieki in northern Latvia. The site includes a Stone Age cemetery and two corresponding settlement sites. Excavations were directed by the archaeologist Dr. Francis Zagorskis in the 1960s and 1970s. The Zvejnieki c...

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For more than ten years, the Science for Conservators series has been the key basic texts for conservators throughout the world. Scientific concepts are basic ot the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no ...

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I boken får läsaren bekanta sig med många av Västra Götalands läns imponerande och monumentala gravrösen och förhoppningsvis uppleva mystiken och fascinationen kring dessa monument. Läsaren kommer också att få en god inblick i det bakomliggande br...

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TV tie-in to major new BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

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In a series of 54 stunning full-colour maps covering 3,000 years and spanning the whole of Europe, this book, newly available in paperback, comprehensively charts the dramatic history of the Celts from their origins in the Bronze Age to their pres...

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Under hösten 1944 flydde omkring 70 000 människor från Estland undan den framryckande Röda armén och nästan hälften av dem kom till Sverige. De flesta trodde att den sovjetiska ockupationen skulle bli kortvarig och att de snart skulle kunna återvä...

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För segelfartyg var vattnen utanför sydvästra England bland de farligaste i världen - tidvattenströmmar, undervattensklippor, stormar och mörker. Tusentals fartyg har gått under här. På de extremt utsatta Scilly-öarna har familjen Gibson i fem gen...

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Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous monuments. Who built it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900 years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up a completely new understanding of this iconic sto...

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Discover the real story behind The Dig, streaming now on Netflix, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes The objects unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, rank among the most splendid treasures in the collect...

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Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field. Bringing together todays leading scholars, both establishe...

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'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics From the bestselling author of ...

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This new edition, now with full-colour maps and illustrations, has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date with regard both to biblical scholarship and to archaeology and topography. The Atlas provides a superb guide to the geography of the...

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Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest res...

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With more than two-dozen contributors and over 450-pages of content Fly Agaric is the most comprehensive book on the iconic red and white-spotted mushroom ever assembled. In the 29 chapters contained herein the reader is taken on a journey through...

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Sitchin posits that the book of Genesis and key Sumerian and ancient Egyptian sources reflect the highest levels of scientific knowledge, and that what we are discovering today is, in fact, a rediscovery of what had been known to a much earlier ci...

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Critique of the modern world from the point of view of traditional metaphysics, with special reference to the Oriental doctrine of cosmic cycles.

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När arkeologen Cat Jarman öppnar en ask från utgrävning av en vikingagrav i Repton i England, hittar hon en liten orange karneolpärla. Den borde komma från Mellanöstern eller Asien, men hur har den hamnat så långt västerut? Steg för steg spåras pä...

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A beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Clines bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes Eric Clines 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of historys greatest mysteries: what caused the ancient civilizat...

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This thorough revision of the award-winning Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible uses the latest 3D imaging technology, bringing the biblical world to life with unprecedented detail. Hundreds of full-color, multidimensional maps trace the progression ...

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It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is that the pattern of their flow shapes society in fu...

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THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMES From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors. For all we have gained in the moder...

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Gotland var ett självständigt 'land' under vikingatid och äldre medeltid. Visserligen lierat med Sveariket men med fördelaktiga villkor. Det skapade goda förutsättningar för att dra nytta av Östersjöhandeln, vilket avspeglar sig i öns många viking...

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An Economist Best History Book 2017 History as it should be written.Barry Cunliffe, Guardian Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.Walter Scheidel, Financi...

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An informative guide to the relationship between humans and cats in the ancient Egyptian world. Cats can be seen in ancient Egyptian homes, temples and adorning the heads of their gods. Cats in Egypt were probably domesticated by around 4,000 BC f...

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Under gräset intill det sörmländska sommartorpet väntade ett stenålderstempel jämngammalt med Egyptens pyramider. Det innehöll ett fascinerande rikt men gåtfullt mönster av noggrant sorterade människoben, stenyxor och krukor. Arkeologen och utgräv...

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Bronsålderns hällristningar är en typ av fornlämningar som sätter fantasin i rörelse hos både arkeologer och allmänheten. Hällristningar av denna typ finns i de flesta av Sydsveriges landskap. Framför allt är det hällristningarna i Tanumsområdet i...

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FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS 'Nail-biting' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'An intellectual whodunit by a do-it-yourself sleuth' GUARDIAN ___________________________________ The greatest secret of t...

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This book is a study of the process conventionally termed 'Romanization' through an investigation of the experience of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire. Beginning with a rejection of the concept of 'Romanization' it de...

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Discover Gaeta's hidden archaeological gems and secret sites through engaging photographs and narratives. Uncover a side of Gaeta far from the crowds.

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