Nine years ago, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin became obsessed by the centuries-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. For ten hours a ...more on ebook "The Secret of the Great Pyramid..."

The life history of stone tools is intimately linked to tool production, use, and maintenance. These are important processes in the organization of lithic ...more on ebook "Lithic Technology..."

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Stretching across continents and centuries, provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual ...more on ebook "The Origins of War: Violence in Pre..."

Howard Blum tells the account of two modern-day adventurers - Larry Williams, a two-time Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Montana and a self-made ...more on ebook "The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery o..."

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and ...more on ebook "The Archaeology of Mediterranean Pr..."

Shaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid ...more on ebook "Invisible Sex, The..."

This exciting new guide is the ideal companion to Greece if you are a traveler with historical and archaeological interests, as it combines practical ...more on ebook "Athens, Attica and the Megarid..."

Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have ...more on ebook "Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science..."

Revell examines questions of Roman ethnic identity and explores Roman imperialism as a lived experience based around the paradox of similarity and difference. ...more on ebook "Roman Imperialism and Local Identit..."

The societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at ...more on ebook "Stone Vessels and Values in the Bro..."

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 ...more on ebook "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language:..."