Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard
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A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the...
Metaphysical Dog: Poems
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In "Those Nights," Frank Bidart writes: "We who could get / somewhere through / words through / sex...
Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period Egypt: The Theban Case Study
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Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period Egypt clarifies the role of women in...
Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra
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Ramses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England....
The Hippocrates Code: Unraveling the Ancient Mysteries of Modern Medical Terminology
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In this book lies a key for decoding modern medical terminology, a living language that, despite...
Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status
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What was really going on at Roman banquets? In this lively new book, veteran Romanist Matthew Roller...
Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels
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For over 2,000 years barrels have been used to store and transport a diverse array of commodities...
History of Interior Design
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History of Interior Design is a comprehensive survey covering the design history of architecture,...
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic...
Imagining the Past: Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt
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Five hundred years before Homer immortalized the Trojan Horse, the ancient Egyptians had already...