Archaeology

Global Events: 2011 is a new publication from Gale that summarizes major, current global issues. It provides clear, impartial summaries of the sub...

Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the Meroe Head is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesars great nephew and...

At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers o...

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors ann...

Edited by Susan M. Alt Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Jim Skibo, Series Editor Anthropology and Archaeology Many archaeologists have long be...

The study of monasteries has come a long way since late the late 19th century. The emphasis has shifted away from reconstructing the layouts of mon...

The role and consequences of slavery in the history of Africa have been brought to the fore recently in historical, anthropological and archaeologi...

Roman sarcophagi have fascinated posterity since the Middle Ages, largely because of their mythological reliefs. Living with Myths provides a compr...

The archaeological site of Tell Nebi Mend, a tell on the Homs plain in present-day Syria, is universally recognised as the location, first, of Qade...

The lives of kings, poets, authors, criminals and celebrities are a perpetual fascination in the media and popular culture, and for decades anthrop...

This second of two volumes on Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods focuses on the site excavations of towns and villages and what...

How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind''s most basic need to comprehend the universe it inh...

This richly illustrated book contains 24 scientific articles on plants and molluscs written by 38 colleagues and former students of Wim Kuijper. ...

Egyptian mummies are perennially popular with visitors to museums but what is their relevance in the twenty-first century? What can we learn from ...

Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the ar...

The book is divided into sixteen chapters dealing in a diachronic perspective with a wide range of problems concerning the development of the roy...