Author: Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Michelangelo: The tomb of Julius II
Author: Charles De TolnayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Ancient Cities
Author: Charles GatesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134676697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Well illustrated with nearly 300 line drawings, maps and photographs, Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from an archaeological perspective, and in their cultural and historical contexts. Covering a huge area geographically and chronologically, it brings to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered by archaeological excavations from the Mediterranean basin and south-west Asia Examining both pre-Classical and Classical periods, this is an excellent introductory textbook for students of classical studies and archaeology alike.
The Papacy: Quietism-Zouaves, Pontifical
Author: Philippe LevillainPublisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415937528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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In Search Of The Lost Testament of Alexander the Great
Author: David GrantPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785899538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
A unique ‘backstory’ of Alexander and his successors: the biased historians, deceits, wars, generals, and the tale of the literature that preserved them. ‘Babylon, mid-June 323 BCE, the gateway of the gods; prostrated in the Summer Palace of Nebuchadrezzar II on the east bank of the Euphrates, wracked by fever and having barely survived another night, King Alexander III, the rule of Macedonia for 12 years and 7 months, had his senior officers congregate at his bedside. Abandoned by Fortune and the healing god Asclepius, he finally acknowledged he was dying. Some 2,340 years on, five barely intact accounts survive to tell a hardly coherent story. At times in close accord, though more often contradictory, they conclude with a melee of death-scene rehashes, all of them suspicious: the first portrayed Alexander dying silent and intestate; he was Homeric and vocal in the second; the third detailed his Last Will and Testament though it is attached to the stuff of romance. Which account do we trust?’ In Search Of The Lost Testament Of Alexander The Great is the result of a ‘decade of contemplations on Alexander’ presented as a rich thematic narrative Grant describes as the ‘backstory behind the history’ of the great Macedonian and his generals. Taking an uncompromising investigative perspective, Grant delves into the challenges faced by Alexander’s unique tale: the forgeries and biased historians, the influences of rhetoric, romance, philosophy and religion on what was written and how. Alexander’s own mercurial personality is vividly dissected and the careers and the wars of his successors are presented with a unique eye. But the book never loses sight of central aim: to unravel the mystery behind Alexander’s ‘unconvincingly reported’ intestate death. And out of Grant’s research emerges one unavoidable verdict: after 2,340 years, the Last Will and Testament of Alexander III of Macedonia needs to be extracted from ‘romance’ and reinstated to its rightful place in mainstream history: Babylon in June 323 BCE. Although the result a decade of academic research, In Search Of The Lost Testament Of Alexander The Great is written in an entertaining and engaging style that opens the subject to both scholars and the casual reader of history looking to learn more about the Macedonian king and the men who ‘made’ his story. It concludes with a wholly new interpretation of the death of Alexander the Great and the mechanism behind the wars of succession that followed.
Notes Form a Diary, 1892-1895
Author: Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant DuffPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
Author: Charles George HerbermannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 990
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The Supplement to Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures,
Author: Bernard de MontfauconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Relief Sculpture of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Author: Brian CookPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198132127
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This is the first complete catalogue of its friezes and other decorative reliefs. Detailed descriptions are illustrated by hundreds of previously unpublished photographs. Also discussed are the discovery of the Mausoleum and the controversy about who carved its friezes.
History of Art
Author: José PijoánPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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