Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and other languages, [...]

- The definitive reference work for all scholars and students

- Newly commissioned essays by an international team of experts

- Surveys archaeology, art & [...]

This collection of essays derives from conferences held in Oxford and London in 2000 in celebration of the achievements and 65th birthday of Fergus Millar. [...]

These fifteen papers explore the ways in which recent developments in imaging, image analysis, and image display and diffusion can be applied to objects of [...]

- Uses the latest computing methods to understand water resource problems and solutions developed in ancient civilizations [...]

This interdisciplinary study offers a systematic approach to ancient archival documents from the Near East, the Mycenean world, and classical Greece. The contributions aim to [...]

Beginning in the sixth century BCE, Persian kings ruled a vast, culturally diverse empire that stretched from northern Libya to central Asia. The regime and [...]

When the British Museum opened its doors more than two centuries ago, scores of visitors waited eagerly outside for a first glimpse of ancient [...]

Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere [...]

Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written [...]