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Teotihuacan: City of Water City, of Fire
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by William H. Funk

Teotihuacan: City of Water City, of Fire

Teotihuacan is not even that old, but its origins are already obscure. Founded in the 1st century CE and located within the Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan was once the “most populous city in the Americas,” and probably among the five or ten...
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Mark Cartwright

Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

The history of the Byzantine Empire covers a timeframe of over a millennium, and this fact alone has caused all kinds of headaches for authors, chief amongst them the dilemma of what to leave in and out of their books. The majority of writers...
The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties of China
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Alex Criddle

The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties of China

The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties of China by Vic Kovaks is a part of the Ancient Cultures and Civilizations series. It is designed for younger children aiming to pique their interest in and educate them about ancient cultures...
Uncovering the Culture of Ancient India
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

Uncovering the Culture of Ancient India

Uncovering the Culture of Ancient India is a book published by Alix Wood Books that belongs to a series about ancient Britain, Egypt, Greece, India, Mesopotamia and Peru. This series of books has been made to create an interest in children...
Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Harvey Aughton

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World

Ever since the beginning of time people all over the world have worshipped something more than themselves. Ancient history is peppered with temples, mausoleums, maraes, and pyramids that pronounce the presence of the dominant gods to the...
Uncovering the Culture of Ancient Peru
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

Uncovering the Culture of Ancient Peru

Uncovering the culture of Ancient Peru is a book by Alix Wood that is part of a series about ancient Britain, Egypt, Greece, India, Mesopotamia, and Peru. The aim of this series is to get children interested in ancient cultures, archaeology...
The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Dr. Richard H. Wilkinson, Professor and Director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, is a handy and visually rich compendium of information on ancient Egyptian religion, mythology...
Cave Art
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

Cave Art

Cave Art by Dr. Bruno David, a professor of archaeology at the Monash Indigenous Centre in Australia, introduces readers to cave cart as a discipline in itself and as a global phenomenon. Delineating the importance of cave and rock art as...
Uncovering the Culture of Ancient Britain
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

Uncovering the Culture of Ancient Britain

Uncovering the culture of Ancient Britain is a book published by Alix Wood Books and it is part of a series about ancient Britain, Egypt, Greece, India, Mesopotamia and Peru. The main purpose of this series is creating an interest in children...
Pagan Britain
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Jessica Settergren

Pagan Britain

The intersection of science, speculation, and religion is a perilous space for any book to occupy. Considering the relative youth of archaeology and the current versions of Pagan faiths based on pre-Christian systems, Ronald Hutton's Pagan...
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