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The Indus
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

The Indus

Written by Andrew Robinson and published by Reaktion Books in 2015, The Indus is an introduction to the Indus Valley Civilization. Who were the Indus? Where and when did they live? Maybe these two questions are the first to come to the reader's...
Blood of the Celts: The New Ancestral Story
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ by James Blake Wiener

Blood of the Celts: The New Ancestral Story

Blood of the Celts: The New Ancestry Story, by Jean Manco, a building historian and the author of Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Ventures to the Vikings, traces the complex story of the Celtic peoples through history...
The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury

In the 1830s, a French farmer in Normandy uncovered a hoard of ancient Roman objects – primarily cast in silver, weighing 55 pounds (25 kilograms). The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury, which accompanies the Getty Museum's 2015...
Philippines Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

Philippines Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms

Published on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition of "Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms", organized by the Asia Society, New York and the Ayala Museum in the Philippines in 2015, this eponymous exhibition catalogue...
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Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

Masterpieces of the Cinquantenaire Museum

Founded in 1835, the Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire; Dutch: Jubelparkmuseum) is the largest and most prestigious museum in Belgium. Aptly called "Belgium's Louvre," the Cinquantenaire Museum, located in Brussels, houses...
Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ by James Blake Wiener

Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice

Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice, already the most authoritative and accessible introduction in the academic market, has been updated with new discoveries and technological innovations, revised pedagogical features...
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Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

Beyond Dubai: Seeking Lost Cities in the Emirates

Dubai is a city that elicits sharp opinions. While its shopping malls, glittering lights, luxury hotels and villas, and iconic futuristic architecture continue to attract large numbers of tourists and business investors, many others simply...
Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by William Brown

Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III

Eric M. Meyers, biblical scholar and archaeologist at Duke University, and Mark A. Chancey, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, worked together to publish a third volume of a series on biblical archaeology. The...
Malta: Prehistory and Temples (Malta's Living Heritage)
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Nick Brown

Malta: Prehistory and Temples (Malta's Living Heritage)

How could a Neolithic society operating at a level that produced only slightly more than subsistence level support such complex architecture and art far in advance of that of the nearest and more distant cultures? This is the question David...
Spain: 1001 Sights. An Archaeological and Historical Guide
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

Spain: 1001 Sights. An Archaeological and Historical Guide

Spain: 1001 Sights is not a regular book on Archaeology, but a guide through the historical and archaeological heritage of Spain. Inside this guide you will find a large variety of cave paintings, dolmens and menhirs, Iberian and Celtic villages...
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