Arkeologiska perioder och områden

Tusen år i Uppåkra : en järnåldersmetropol uppgång och fall

Inbunden, Svenska, 2022

(40)

333 kr

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I Uppåkra utanför Lund breder odlingsfälten ut sig över den skånska slätten. Men i över tusen år fanns här ett rikt maktcentrum stort som en stad, med hövdingahall, tempel och mängder av hantverkshus och gårdar. Det var en unik plats i den skandinaviska järnålderns historia, betydligt större än de mer kända Birka och Hedeby, med långväga kontakter ut i världen. Än har bara ett par promille av området grävts ut, ändå har fantastiska fynd hittats som förändrar vår syn på historien.

I "Tusen år i Uppåkra" berättar Dick Harrison om staden som försvann och föll i glömska och ger samtidigt en levande bild av livet i Norden, så som det såg ut på sagornas och hjältedikternas tid – från förromersk järnålder till vikingatid.

Europas mödrar : de senaste 43 000 åren

AvKarin Bojs

Storpocket, Svenska, 2023

(5)

166 kr

Mycket har hunnit hända inom DNA-forskningen sedan Karin Bojs skrev Augustprisvinnaren Min europeiska familj - de senaste 54 000 åren (2015) och uppföljaren Svenskarna och deras fäder - de senaste 11 000 åren (2016).

Bland annat börjar forskare kunna urskilja hur vandringsmönstren har skilt sig åt för Europas fäder och mödrar.

En hel del, visar det sig.

Karin Bojs borrar i äldre påståenden om folkvandringar och könsroller, och visar vad den allra senaste vetenskapen kan säga.

Resan går från regnskogens schimpanser till Nordens sköldmör. Via bland annat neandertal-sex, de första hundarna, den första metallen, de första tama hästarna och ett 5000 år gammalt incestfall på Irland.

Magicians of the Gods

Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse

AvGraham Hancock

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

(11)

167 kr

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*Ten-year anniversary edition with new introduction from the author*Star Reader Reviews -" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Captivating, necessary and enlightening." "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential. Wonderfully researched.""⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is as good, if not better, than "Fingerprints of the Gods.""⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read this book. Change your perspective." Graham Hancock - star of Netflix's ANCIENT APOCOLYPSE - is author of the global bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods. A book which remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization.Magicians of the Gods, the sequel to his seminal work, explores how, at the end of the last ice age, fragments from a giant comet caused a global cataclysm, on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs, wiping out an advanced civilization from the earth. Making us a species with amnesia, forced to begin again like children with no memory of what went before. This book is filled with completely new evidence, new travels to the world's most mysterious archaeological sites, new insights based on the latest scientific evidence.The impacts, from the comet fragments (a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour) generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidized millions of square kilometers of ice, destabilizing the Earth's crust and causing the global deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world.A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis.But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning, settling at key locations: Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price.A memory and a warning to the future... For the comet that wrought such destruction may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile 'dark' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt, warns that the 'Great Return' will occur in our time...

After 1177 B.C.

The Survival of Civilizations

AvEric H. Cline

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

(1)

194 kr

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In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. . . . You cannot understand human civilization and self-organization without studying what happened on, before, and after 1177 B.C.”—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black SwanAt the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration.After 1177 B.C. tells how the collapse of powerful Late Bronze Age civilizations created new circumstances to which people and societies had to adapt. Those that failed to adjust disappeared from the world stage, while others transformed themselves, resulting in a new world order that included Phoenicians, Philistines, Israelites, Neo-Hittites, Neo-Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians. Taking the story up to the resurgence of Greece marked by the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C., the book also describes how world-changing innovations such as the use of iron and the alphabet emerged amid the chaos.Filled with lessons for today's world about why some societies survive massive shocks while others do not, After 1177 B.C. reveals why this period, far from being the First Dark Age, was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities.

Sophögen i Oxyrhynchos : grekiska papyrustexter

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

(5)

285 kr

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Sophögen i den gamla staden Oxyrhynchos i Egypten grävdes ut av brittiska arkeologer kring sekelskiftet 1900 och visade sig rymma enorma skatter: en halv miljon grekiska papyrustexter av väldigt olika karaktär. Utifrån de sextusen hittills dechiffrerade texterna har Karl Dunér gjort ett rikt och varierat urval som fördjupar vår bild av antikens liv. Översatta privatbrev blandas med tidigare okända dikter och dramer, besvärjelser med köpekontrakt, efterlysningar med obscena komediscener – man kommer rakt in i enskilda liv för tvåtusen år sen och möter poeter som man inte visste fanns.

Sophögen i Oxyrhynchos innehåller också essäer av forskarna Ingela Nilsson, Denis M. Searby, Alexander Andrée och Paul Linjamaa. Här finns även ett flertal återgivningar av papyrus-fragment.

Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

AvDavid Graeber,David Wengrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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198 kr

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The GuardianFor generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself.Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we begin to see what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 per cent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume.The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action.'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb'The most profound and exciting book I've read in thirty years' Robin D. G. Kelley

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Lost Voices of Pompeii

The Final Day in Seven Lives

AvDr Jess Venner

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

192 kr

'Delightful … Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived? __________ In 24 hours, Pompeii will vanish. The morning of the eruption was a day like any other. Julia Felix opens her tavern for another day of business, defying every convention that says a woman can't succeed alone. Petrinus, newly freed from slavery, wrestles with an impossible decision about his future. Politician Gaius Cuspius Pansa prepares to host the Plebian Games, a spectacle that will cement his power forever. In 24 hours, seven lives will change forever. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, Dr Jess Venner brings the ancient streets to life through the eyes of those who lived, worked, loved and ultimately met their fate in Pompeii. Here is a community more complex, diverse and human than we ever imagined.Pompeii is remembered for its destruction, but here we discover the vibrant lives that came before. Richly evocative and immersive, The Lost Voices of Pompeii vividly recreates the final twenty-four hours before the eruption, reminding us exactly what – and who – was lost in 79 AD. This is the story of everything, and everyone, that was lost. __________ For anyone who has ever walked the ruins of Pompeii and wondered what lives beneath the ash, this is the book that answers that question.

Min europeiska familj : de senaste 54 000 åren

AvKarin Bojs

Storpocket, Svenska, 2023

(2)

166 kr

Vinnare av Augustpriset 2015 och utnämnd till "Årets bok om svensk historia 2015" av Nättidningen Svensk Historia

Vetenskapsjournalisten Karin Bojs bestämde sig för att släktforska på djupet och låta DNA-trådarna knyta ihop henne själv med forntidens människor. Hon läste studier, intervjuade forskare och reste i ett tiotal länder för att följa spåren bakåt. Sedan 1980-talet har DNA-tekniken genomgått en enastående utveckling. Den har revolutionerat såväl kriminalteknikers arbete som biologisk och medicinsk forskning, och har på senare år börjat bidra till ny kunskap inom arkeologi och historia. Till och med släktforskande privatpersoner har börjat använda DNA som verktyg. Med hjälp av små variationer i DNA-sekvensen går det numera att hitta kusiner, sysslingar och bryllingar, och även släktingar som levde för mycket länge sedan – under den senaste istiden och ännu längre tillbaka. Resultatet av Karin Bojs arbete blev en bok om hennes ursprung och hennes familj. Men också om oss andra. Vi är ju släkt. Någonstans, någon gång levde vår senaste gemensamma förmoder och förfader. DNA-trådarna knyter ihop oss alla.

Horse, the Wheel, and Language

How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

AvDavid W. Anthony

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

(2)

351 kr

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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange.He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the Indo-European languages and English--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

Bibeln och arkeologerna : om tro, myter och historia

AvHans Furuhagen

Häftad, Svenska, 2024

231 kr

I Bibeln och arkeologerna beskriver Hans Furuhagen hur arkeologiska utgrävningar i Heliga landet och Mellanöstern har visat lämningar av platser och företeelser som omnämns i Bibeln.

I dag har nya tekniska förutsättningar och ett nytt sätt att se på fyndens kontext påverkat tolkningarna, men många gånger har fynden också blivit omstridda. Både i omgivningen och bland arkeologerna själva har det funnits religiösa, politiska och ekonomiska biavsikter. Arkeologiska fynd blev exempelvis en viktig faktor i samband med staten Israels tillblivelse och fornfynden väcker fortfarande diskussion i detta område.

After the Ice

A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC

AvSteven Mithen

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

210 kr

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A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.Twenty thousand years ago Earth was in the midst of an ice age. Then global warming arrived, leading to massive floods, the spread of forests and the retreat of the deserts. By 5,000 BC a radically different human world had appeared. In place of hunters and gatherers there were farmers; in place of transient campsites there were towns. The foundations of our modern world had been laid and nothing that came after - the Industrial Revolution, the atomic age, the internet - have ever matched the significance of those events. AFTER THE ICE tells the story of climate change's impact during this momentous period - one that also saw the colonisation of the Americas and mass extinctions of animals throughout the world. Drawing on the latest cutting-edge research in archaeology, cognitive science, palaeontology, geology and the evolutionary sciences, Steven Mithen creates an evocative, original and remarkably complete picture of minds, cultures, lives and landscapes through 15,000 years of history.

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Mjälleborgen på Frösön

AvOve Hemmendorff

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

190 kr

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Mjälleborgen är en fornborg som under 300-talet eller 400-talet byggdes på Frösön. Borgen var ett gigantiskt bygge av jord, stenmurar och timmer. Den fick en dramatisk historia med flera nedbränningar innan borgberget övergavs någon gång under 700- eller 800-talet. Fornborgen var den enda i det inre av Nordskandinavien. Andra fornborgar fanns däremot i jordbruksbygderna västerut kring Trondheimsfjorden och österut vid norrlandskusten. Vilka byggde borgen och varför? Vilka använde den och hur såg den ut? Dessa frågor gav upphov till det största arkeologiska utgrävningsprojektet någonsin i Jämtland. Arbetena utfördes på 1980-talet av Jamtli länsmuseum och Umeå Universitet. Ove Hemmendorff ledde undersökningarna. Här sammanfattar han utgrävningarna, berättar om nedbrända husrester, raserade murverk och förkolnade befästningsdetaljer. Men även om föremål, matrester i form av ben och sädeskorn, spår av järntillverkning och smide med mera, Borgens historia sätts i ett Mittskandinaviskt perspektiv med utblickar mot den samtida utvecklingen i Tröndelag respektive vid Bottenvikskusten.

After 1177 B.C.

The Survival of Civilizations

AvEric H. Cline

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

(1)

277 kr

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. . . . You cannot understand human civilization and self-organization without studying what happened on, before, and after 1177 B.C.”—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black SwanAt the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration.After 1177 B.C. tells how the collapse of powerful Late Bronze Age civilizations created new circumstances to which people and societies had to adapt. Those that failed to adjust disappeared from the world stage, while others transformed themselves, resulting in a new world order that included Phoenicians, Philistines, Israelites, Neo-Hittites, Neo-Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians. Taking the story up to the resurgence of Greece marked by the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C., the book also describes how world-changing innovations such as the use of iron and the alphabet emerged amid the chaos.Filled with lessons for today's world about why some societies survive massive shocks while others do not, After 1177 B.C. reveals why this period, far from being the First Dark Age, was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities.

Kindred

Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

AvRebecca Wragg Sykes

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

(1)

156 kr

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** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 **'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.’ Yuval Noah HarariKindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval.Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance.

De dödas bok : den fornegyptiska dödsboken

AvNils Billing

Inbunden, Svenska, 2016

(8)

309 kr

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"För själens långa resa efter döden brukade egyptierna, bland andra föremål i graven, också förse sina döda med en papyrusrulle som vore det ett skriftligt pass, vilket skulle säkerställa ett välvilligt mottagande vid de många portarna i de himmelska trakterna och hemvisterna." Med dessa ord inleder den preussiske egyptologen Carl Richard Lepsius sin utgåva från 1842 av Iufanchs papyrus i Turin, ett nära 20 meter långt dokument som han valde att kalla den egyptiska dödsboken. Här fanns beskrivningar av vad en människa ansågs behöva känna till inför sin resa till de dödas rike. Än idag gör Lepsius till synes kompromisslösa titel textsamlingen till det mest kända verket ur Egyptens rika gravlitteratur. Nu föreligger den för första gången i svensk översättning från de fornegyptiska originaltexterna, därtill med innehållsliga kommentarer. En inledning ger bakgrunden till Dödsbokens uppkomst och dess roll i det samtida egyptiska samhället, samt varför den i västerlandet alltjämt väcker en sådan nyfikenhet i mötet med forntidens tankevärld. Nils Billing är fil. dr i egyptologi, teol. dr i religionshistoria och verksam som docent vid Teologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet. Han har tidigare på samma förlag givit ut Egyptens pyramider - Evighetens arkitektur i forntid och nutid.

Against the Grain

A Deep History of the Earliest States

AvJames C. Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

(5)

228 kr

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An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations An Economist Best History Book 2017 “Scott is one of those rare academics whose writing is a thing of beauty.”—Rana Dasgupta, The Week “Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.”—Walter Scheidel, Financial Times Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today’s states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative. The first agrarian states, says James C. Scott, were born of accumulations of domestications: first fire, then plants, livestock, subjects of the state, captives, and finally women in the patriarchal family—all of which can be viewed as a way of gaining control over reproduction. Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the “barbarians” who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples.

I liv och död : Skeletten från Vasa berättar

AvAnna Maria Forssberg,Fred Hocker

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

289 kr

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När skeppet Vasa förliste i augusti 1628 följde omkring 30 personer med ner i djupet. Båtsmän, hustrur och barn hörde till dem som omkom. Men vilka var de, och vad gjorde de ombord? När vraket bärgades och grävdes ut hittades kvarlevor av 15 personer, och under de senaste årens forskning har historiker, osteologer, DNA-forskare och experter på isotopanalys kommit dessa personer nära. Nu vet vi inte bara hur de dog utan även något om hur de hade det i livet. Möt paret som dog i varandras armar, pojken med de fina skorna och många fler.

Medverkande författare: Marie Allen, Kimberly Andreaggi, Anna Kjellström, Kerstin Lidén, Al Saguto, Anna Silverulw och Andreas Tillmar samt redaktörerna Anna Maria Forssberg och Fred Hocker.

Sjöhärads bortglömda historia : från yngre stenåldern till medeltidens slut

AvBengt Wadensjö,Mona Lorentzson

Inbunden, Svenska, 2021

(1)

245 kr

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Den bygd som omfattar delar av Västbo och Mo härader i Småland och Kinds härad i Västergötland utgjorde under lång tid ett gränsland mellan Sverige och Danmark. Regionen är uppdelad på två landskap, tre län och två stift. Den präglas av en gemensam kultur och en gemensam historia, men den har inget namn som uttrycker samhörigheten. Därför fick den i denna bok namnet Sjöhärad.

Bygdens gemensamma kulturella identitet observerades av intendenten vid Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien Nils Gabriel Djurklou när han 1869 1870 gjorde en inventeringsresa i Kind, Östbo och Västbo. Förre arkeologiprofessorn i Stockholm Åke Hyenstrand betecknade bygden som en egen arkeologisk region.

I denna populärvetenskapliga studie spåras ursprunget till bygdens särart och vi följer dess utveckling under fem tusen år fram till medeltidens slut.

Författarna har kombinerat en historisk och en arkeologisk metod. Underlaget är de fasta fornminnena, ett par medeltida brev och talrika exkursioner i terrängen.

Bengt Wadensjö är teol.dr och docent i kyrkohistoria och biskop emeritus i Karlstads stift. Mona Lorentzson är arkeolog och kyrkoantikvarie.

BILAGOR med detaljerade uppställningar som bildar underlag för texten ligger på förlagets hemsida www.dialogosforlag.se.

Ghost ships : Östersjöns okända historia

AvCarl Douglas,Jonas Dahm

Inbunden, Svenska, 2020

(61)

447 kr

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I denna magnifika fotobok får vi följa med dykarna Jonas Dahm och Carl Douglas till de mest spektakulära vraken i Östersjön. Detta unika hav rymmer närmare 100 000 vrak – det kalla vattnet och avsaknaden av skeppsmask har skapat en skattkista för vrakletare. Det är regalskepp från stormaktstiden, ståtliga träskepp från 1700-talet, lastfartyg från 1800-talet och ubåtar från andra världskriget. Ombord på dessa sjunkna skepp har tiden stått stilla – ofta känns det som om besättningen nyss lämnat fartyget. Vraken blir ett slags tidsmaskiner, en märklig blandning av brutal dramatik och det mjukt insomnade.

Dessa fantastiska bilder av vrak har väckt uppmärksamhet över hela världen och de visas här för första gången i riktigt stort format.

Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt

Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs

AvChristopher Dunn

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

(4)

269 kr

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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.

How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator

AvTheodore Papakostas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

194 kr

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'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’, becomes the springboard for a dialogue that weaves a fascinating tale.Archaeologist Theodore Papakostas takes us on a spectacularly iconoclastic and hugely engrossing journey through ancient Greece, from its beginnings in prehistory to its end. Marvelling at the exalted moments in history as well as the more mundane, Papakostas introduces the reader to countless fascinating stories about the cradle of western civilisation – many of which upend received wisdom about the empire as well as about archaeology itself. Along the way, he settles questions such as: What did a Minoan princess pack for a trip to Egypt? How did a raunchy dance lead to the birth of Democracy? Why did Heraclitus suggest that Homer should be slapped?A whistle-stop tour through three hundred years of Greek history, How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator is an unforgettable love letter to the treasures we’ve inherited from the ancient world, as well as to those who have helped us unearth them.

Egypt and the Egyptians

AvDouglas J. Brewer,Emily Teeter

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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560 kr

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Surveying more than three thousand years of Egyptian civilization, Egypt and the Egyptians offers a comprehensive introduction to this most rich and complex of early societies. From high politics to the concerns of everyday Egyptians, the book explores every aspect of Egyptian culture and society, including religion, language, art, architecture, cities, and mummification. Archaeological and documentary sources are combined to give the reader a unique and expansive view of a remarkable ancient culture. Fully revised and updated, this new edition looks more closely at the role of women in Egypt, delves deeper into the Egyptian Neolithic and Egypt's transition to an agricultural society, and includes many new illustrations. Written for students and the general reader, and including an extensive bibliography, a glossary, a dynastic chronology and suggestions for further reading, this richly illustrated book is an essential resource for anybody wishing to explore the society and civilization of ancient Egypt.

Indo-Europeans Rediscovered

How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting their Story

AvJ. P. Mallory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

423 kr

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‘This is scholarship at its very best. A brilliant book in every respect' Barry Cunliffe A lifetime’s study brings an authoritative perspective to one of the great unknowns in human history - the origin and language of the Indo-Europeans. Today the number of native speakers of Indo-European languages across the world is reckoned to be over 2.6 billion or about 45% of the earth’s population. Yet the idea that an ancient, prehistoric population in one time and place gave rise to our own family of people and language is one with a long and troubled past. In this expansive investigation, based on over 50 years of research, J. P. Mallory navigates the complex history of our search for the Indo-European homeland, offering fresh insight into the debates surrounding their origin as well as the latest genetic research. In this compelling account, Mallory explores ancient migrations, linguistics and archaeology, applying cutting edge-genetic research to untangle the key arguments with wit and verve. He addresses how the controversial idea of a single, shared homeland has been viewed by scientists, archaeologists and linguists across the past century and reconsiders how, in the case of the Nazis and more recent nationalist movements, they have been manipulated for political advantage. He goes on to unpick the linguistic trail linking us to the Indo-Europeans, looking at Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and more, tracing our linguistic origins across multiple peoples and cultures, finally bringing the most up to date phylogenetic research to bear on the story. Ultimately this book offers the most conclusive answer to the controversial question of where we are from and how we got here.

Europas mödrar : de senaste 43 000 åren

AvKarin Bojs

Inbunden, Svenska, 2022

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287 kr

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Mycket har hunnit hända inom DNA-forskningen sedan Karin Bojs skrev Augustprisvinnaren Min europeiska familj - de senaste 54 000 åren (2015) och uppföljaren Svenskarna och deras fäder - de senaste 11 000 åren (2016).

Bland annat börjar forskare kunna urskilja hur vandringsmönstren har skilt sig åt för Europas fäder och mödrar.

En hel del, visar det sig.

Karin Bojs borrar i äldre påståenden om folkvandringar och könsroller, och visar vad den allra senaste vetenskapen kan säga.

Resan går från regnskogens schimpanser till Nordens sköldmör. Via bland annat neandertal-sex, de första hundarna, den första metallen, de första tama hästarna och ett 5000 år gammalt incestfall på Irland.

Delphi

A History of the Center of the Ancient World

AvMichael Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

(1)

175 kr

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The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods; and to take part in competitions. In this richly illustrated account, Michael Scott covers the history and nature of Delphi, from the literary and archaeological evidence surrounding the site, to its rise as a center of worship, to the constant appeal of the oracle despite her cryptic prophecies. He describes how Delphi became a contested sacred site for Greeks and Romans and a storehouse for the treasures of rival city-states and foreign kings. He also examines the eventual decline of the site and how its meaning and importance have continued to be reshaped. A unique window into the center of the ancient world, Delphi will appeal to general readers, tourists, students, and specialists.

Bohusläns historia : från järnålder till 1658

AvTomas Andersson

Inbunden, Svenska, 2021

(10)

291 kr

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»För den historiskt intresserade är boken en veritabel guldgruva.« Kungsälvs-posten

Bohuslän har varit skådeplats för många stormiga strider under århundradenas lopp. Danska och norska stormän har kämpat om herraväldet, vikingar har gett sig ut på Nordsjön för att kolonisera de brittiska öarna, Island och Grönland. Men här blomstrade också Kungahälla, Norges mest betydande stad under 1100-talet, och en rad andra livliga handelsplatser utmed älven och kusten.

På Bohus fästning tar flera färgstarka personer plats på scen - kung Magnus Eriksson, som under 1300-talet regerade över både Norge och Sverige, och senare unionsdrottningen Margareta. Heliga Birgitta dyker också upp, både i rollen som bröllopsgäst och lärare åt Magnus Erikssons hustru, Blanka av Namur.

Tomas Andersson är arkeolog, historiker och författare. I Bohusläns historia - som tar avstamp i yngre järnålder och sträcker sig fram till freden i Roskilde 1658 - riktar han allt strålkastarljus mot landområdet som på 1300-talet hade kunnat utvecklas till ett eget mellannordiskt kungarike. För första gången i bokform får området sin egen historia berättad, fri från norska, danska och svenska övertoner.

Palestine

A Four Thousand Year History

AvNur Masalha

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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156 kr

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This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine’s multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict.In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history.

I skuggan av Rom

AvKent Andersson

Häftad, Svenska, 2018

286 kr

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Under århundradena kring vår tideräknings början dominerades Europa av det romerska riket. Det bredde ut sig runt Medelhavets båda sidor och sträckte sig ändå upp till gränsen mot Skottland i norr. Men så långt som till Norden nådde aldrig den romerska expansionen. Däremot påverkades de människor som bodde i norr på många olika sätt av romersk kultur och det romerska sättet att leva. I denna bok berättar Kent Andersson, docent i arkeologi och en av landets främsta experter på området, den fascinerande historien om kontakterna mellan Norden och Romarriket. Med utgångspunkt från arkeologiska fynd och undersökningar från främst Sverige kastas nytt ljus över en tidigare tämligen okänd epok, som i Norden präglades av stora förändringar. Romerska föremål och idéer spelade en stor roll i denna förändringsprocess.

I skuggan av Rom spänner över mer än tusen år av romersk kulturpåverkan. Den börjar under 100-talet f.Kr. och slutar i väringagardets Konstantinopel under 1000-talet e.Kr.

Carthage

A new history of an ancient empire

AvEve MacDonald

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

206 kr

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The empire behind the legendCarthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real Carthage was lost. An ancient North African kingdom, Carthage was the home of Hannibal and of Dido, of war elephants and enormous power and wealth, of great beauty and total destruction.In this landmark new history, Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people, using brand new archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend. A journey that takes us the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa, Carthage puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history. Reclaimed from the Romans, this is the Carthaginian version of the tale, revealing to us that, without Carthage, there would be no Rome.

Ancient Cities

The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome

AvCharles Gates,Andrew Goldman

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

(1)

694 kr

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The third edition of Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on archaeological evidence.Urban form is the focus: the physical appearance and overall plans of cities, their architecture and natural topography, and the cultural and historical contexts in which they flourished. Attention is also paid to non-urban features such as religious sanctuaries and burial grounds, places and institutions that were a familiar part of the city dweller’s experience. Objects or artifacts that furnished everyday life are discussed, such as writing systems, pottery, sculpture, wall paintings, mosaics, and coins. Ancient Cities is unusual in presenting this wide range of Old World cultures in such comprehensive detail, giving equal weight to the Preclassical and Classical periods, and in showing the links between these ancient cultures. In this new edition, in which Andrew Goldman has joined Charles Gates in updating the volume, readers and lecturers will be delighted to see a major revision of the chapters on Greek cities in South Italy and Sicily, the Etruscans, the development of the capital city, Rome, during the Republic as well as the Empire, and the end of the ancient city.This new edition includes several new and updated user-friendly features, such as:Clear and accessible language, assuming no previous background knowledgeLavishly illustrated, with almost 350 line drawings, maps, and photographs, including new contributions from Neslihan Yılmaz Tekman adding to her already acclaimed illustrationsSuggestions for further reading for each chapterA companion website with images, study guides, and an interactive timeline. With its comprehensive presentation of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cities, its rich collection of illustrations, and its companion website, Ancient Cities remains an essential textbook for university and high school students across a wide range of archaeology, ancient history, and ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Classical Studies courses.