We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
Atlas of World Art John Onions, Laurence King Publishing, £75 How far is it possible to talk of ‘world’ art? John Onions,…
Tales from Ancient Egypt Joyce Tyldesley, Rutherford Press, £8.50 In the beginning nothing existed but the terrible, swirling waters of chaos. There…
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national…
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring…
Ancient Queens, Archaeological Explorations Ed. Sarah Milledge Nelson, AltaMira Press, £24.95 Do you know much about the women who ruled in antiquity?…
The Moundbuilders George R. Milner, Thames and Hudson, £28.00 If you go to America, and land on the East Coast, then cross…
Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: a Compendium Ed. Elizabeth Peters, Constable & Robinson, £19.99 This is a book that is both charming and dangerous.…
In 1921, the Swedish geologist Gunnar Andersson and his palaeontological assistant Otto Zdansky, an Austrian, discovered some intriguing fossil bones in a…
Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor Wolfram Grajetzki, Gerald Duckworth & Co., £14.99 Wolfram Grajetzki’s comprehensive…
The year of the ghost Derek A. Roe, Western Academic & Specialist Press for Beagle Books, £14.95 In 1983, Derek Roe became…
Pompeii has featured in fiction many times. The first-century Roman novelist Petronius set his Satyricon in the Bay of Naples, and one…
What is the best book to read for a basic introduction to Pompeii? Paul Wilkinson has just produced Pompeii: the last day…