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In Vergil's Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation both...

The first modern study of the ancient fairytale, it bridges a major gap between the study of the ancient world...

Dr. Norman Golb's classic study on the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls is now available online.Since their earliest discovery...

There is more material available on Herakles than any other Greek god or hero. His story has many more episodes than...

Who marched in religious processions and why? How were blood sacrifice and communal feasting related to identities in the ancient...

Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs! The culture and civilization of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated people for centuries. However, in recent...

In this fresh consideration of the origins of the ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past, Carla M....

Research has long since established that the civilisations of Europe, Persia, and India are linked, linguistically and culturally, dating back...

Challenging the accepted historical belief that they were mere passive recipients of Christian doctrine and providing insights into the way...

The definitive guide to the life of the first woman to play a major role in Greek political history, this...

In this bold, captivating and controversial book, the author combines his own intensely moving personal accounts with incisive scriptural analysis,...

A classic of mythology, generously illustrated, long prized for its accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome,...

Presenting many texts available for the very first time, this new volume in the successful Early Church Fathers series showcases...

The Phaistos Disk, a famous archaeological riddle from Bronze Age Crete, was not a writing tablet but a spiral board...

Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enth......

For the past two hundred years biblical scholars have increasingly assumed that the Hebrew Bible was largely written and edited...

Originally published in 1849, this early work by traveller, archaeologist and collector Sir Austen Henry Layard is both expensive and...

The Roman poet Virgil is regarded as one of the most significant literary figures of the ancient world. His major...

<p>Through a twist of fate, the eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79 CE also preserved a wealth of evidence about...

Fragments of Colossae pulls together what we know about the ancient site and weaves it into a coherent picture of...