
Chasing Aphrodite
Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino
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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum. In recent years,...
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Going for a Song: An Anthology of Poems About Antiques
Bevis Hillier and Peter MacKarell
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95 illustrations and 104 poems, from the extremely funny to the most rarefied, about collectors and...

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Bryan Faussett: Antiquary Extraordinary: 2015
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A biography of Bryan Faussett, F.S.A., (1720-1776), pioneering Kent genealogist, archaeologist and...

The Falcon at the Portal
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In this latest Amelia Peabody mystery there's more trouble in store for our intrepid Egyptologist....

Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
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Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where...

Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World
Lucy Letherland and Ben Handicott
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From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this awe-inspiring journey of...
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The Figurine
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When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the...
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Josephus
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Josephus, author of the "Jewish War" and the "Jewish Antiquities", belongs equally to Jewish and to...
A Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733-1794): A Very English Swiss
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733-1794) recorded, in watercolour and pen and ink, great historical...