Reading the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt reveals much about the worldview of a civilisation that rose to prominence 5000 years ago and flourished for thousands of years. Here, intellectual historianDiane Greco Josefowicz—whose book,The Riddle of the Rosetta, co-written with Jed Buchwald, tells the...
Book Bits ; This Week: A Post-9/11 Interfaith Dialogue, Three Books about Ancient Rome, and Where to Find Out-of-Print Books OnlineThe Faith Club, By Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla WarnerU.S. Newspapers
there will be books written about them. Usually, the rules of the new world have not been jointly established yet and need to be continuously tested. Sometimes reading an article written by an industry insider is more useful than reading these books. ...
The Eagle of the Ninthis among her most popular works, a historical fiction book written for children. The story follows a young Roman officer in the 2nd century CE who tries to discover the truth about what happened to his father’s legion. 10.Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (1958) Oko...
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez Femina is a really interesting book about medieval women and history by Oxford-based historian Janina Ramirez. The title is revealing in itself: ‘FEMINA’ was what Ramirez found scribbled in lib...
Everyone knowsthe famous figures of the Roman Empire: Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Brutus, and more. And sure, we learn plenty about Ancient Rome in school and from the History channel, but sometimes we wonder how life truly was during the Republic’s primetime of power and domination. ...
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The two things I love most about this book are: Its review of the classic memory techniques people have been using since ancient times Its many wonderful philosophical points If you’re into Zen and like to read from a teacher who inspires you to take action, this book uses a lot of phi...
Fu Yunlong was one of the pioneers who hunted the Chinese ancient books from the oveseas. He saw many rare books when he travelled in Japan. He did textual research on the part of the ancient books, and even published some. All the ancinet books he had saw in Japan were written in ...
Ancient Rome (Eyewitness Books)_部分4 29 The ruined Colosseum has long been a favorite subject for artists The outside was decorated with fine statues