Using a large number of archive photographs and documents held by the museum this book shows how Arthur Evans' excavations of the Palace of Minos proceeded, and how he attempted a reconstruction, following his purchase of the Knossos site in 1900.  Paperback.  110 pages.

The text of a high level thesis re-examining the inscriptions on recovered tablet fragments from Knossos which recorded in considerable detail the production and trade in textiles and indicate how important this was to the Mycenaeans following the decline of Minoan influence in the Mediterranean.

Drawing on Evans' own notebooks, sketches and newspaper articles this book reconstructs many of his early travels in Scandinavia and the Balkans, as well as his more famous expeditions in Crete where his notes on a range of remote archaeological sites remain unpublished.

For 30 years, the archaeology-loving divers of Anao on the Côte d’Azur have been salvaging sunken treasures in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer. These items tell of the life of sailors on the trade routes of the Western Mediterranean during the C16th to C18th.

Attractive photo album comprising 124 high quality b&w plates depicting Malta's well-known megalithic structures as well as historic forts, palaces, and churches, as well as notable features in C19th streets - balconies, doorways and chapels published to mark European Architectural Heritage Y

A survey of ampullae, medallions, tokens, rings, intaglios and reliquaries featuring Early Byzantine iconography associated with pilgrimage during the C5th and C6th.  Large format paperback.  52 pages.  Tiny inscription to title page, otherwise good condition.  Cat No 3667

The Pharos at Alexandria survived into the Middle Ages, but the Hanging Gardens of Babylon exist only in a few references and the Colossus of Rhodes is too improbable to have existed.

Detailed descriptions of a unique Venetian treasure - silver bowls, spoons and coins - dating from the late C16th hidden during the Ottoman takeover of Cyprus and exported illicitly from Northern Cyprus for sale by a London auction house in 1986 when a large part of the collection was purchased b

Fascinating description of how the unique C13th murals were stolen by a Turkish art dealer who cut them from the dome of the church at Lysi in Turkish occupied Cyprus, how they were rescued and shipped to London where they were painstakingly conserved and restored into a purpose built artificial

Glossy full colour guide to the artefacts and antiquities housed in the Grand Master's Palace dating from Rhodes ancient prehistory through to the Roman period.  Large format paperback.  72 pages.  Fifty excellent colour plates with extensive accompanying descriptions.  Island