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Canto eBook Series

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  • The Decipherment of Linear B

    by John Chadwick ...
    Series series Canto
    The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it ... Read more

    £11.69

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  • A History of Sumer and Akkad

    by Leonard King ...
    Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.A History of Sumer and Akkad is an excellent primer on the subject. ... Read more

    £1.57 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alphabetical

    How Every Letter Tells a Story

    by Michael Rosen ...
    From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever.How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write ... Read more

    £7.49

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  • Scota, Egyptian Queen of the Scots

    Scotland and Ireland were first settled by Egyptians

    by ralph ellis ...
    Series series https://akimages.kobobooks.com/Image.ashx?imageID=7A1sfimUYkq_P5YEKD6Ijg&type=iPadShelfRetina&t=1382630853021Egyptian Exodus Series
    Ireland and Scotland were first settled by Egyptians.The legends of Ireland and Scotland tell a fantastic tale of an Egyptian queen and her Greek husband, who were exiled from Egypt to Ireland at some point during the second millennium BC. It is said that it was from this Queen Scota and King Gaythelos that the modern titles for the Scottish and Gaelic people were derived. But what are we to make ... Read more

    £3.25

  • The Classics Magpie

    From chariot-racing hooligans to debauched dinner parties - a miscellany that shakes the dust off the ancient world

    by Jane Hood ...
    Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the ‘wandering womb’?Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye to unearth unexpected gems, glittering fragments and quotable nuggets from a lost world.From ancient ... Read more

    £5.39

  • 100 Hieroglyphs

    Think Like an Egyptian

    by Barry Kemp ...
    "Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians."—Sarah Parcak, National GeographicEgyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the ... Read more

    £9.71 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Decipherment of Linear B

    by John Chadwick ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it ... Read more

    £11.06

  • Enlightening Symbols

    A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

    by Joseph Mazur ...
    "[A] fascinating narrative. . . . This is a nuanced, intelligently framed chronicle . . . In a word: enlightening." —George Szpiro, NatureWhile all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did ... Read more

    £12.95 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Writing and Script

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Without writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and essential part of our lives; but when did it start? Why do we all write differently and how did writing develop into what we use today? All of these questions are answered in this Very Short Introduction. Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and ... Read more

    £4.85

  • The Rosetta Stone

    and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt

    by John Ray ...
    What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it tell us about the history of writing and the story of our own alphabets? How do decipherments work and how can we know if they are right? Who owns the Rosetta Stone and what happens if we start to return pieces of the past to countries who claim them? ... Read more

    £5.57

  • Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt

    by Wilkinson ...
    First published in 2000. The kings of ancient Egypt’s first five dynasties were responsible for the creation of a unique and enduring civilisation, epitomised by its most impressive monuments, the pyramids. Yet what do we know about the reigns of these kings? Excavations have revealed much, but Egyptology has always been blessed with another rich source of information - the written texts and ... Read more

    £396.00

  • Ancient Persia

    A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE

    by Matt Waters ...
    The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in ... Read more

    £18.80