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A Handbook of Islamic Coins
This is the original Seaby hardback edition (not the later paperback). Hardback. 230 pages. Bears the elaborate bookplate of noted numismatist Alan Morris, otherwise in very good clean condition. Cat No 5086
Euphrasian Basilica
A full-colour visitor's guide to the C6th basilica in Poreč, Croatia, noted for its Byzantine architecture and Romanesque carvings as well as, in particular, its very rich mosaic decoration. Illustrated throughout with excellent colour photographs. Text in English. Paperback.
Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920
Marking an exhibition that featured letters and archive photographs from the 1920's this large book throws a spotlight on the beginnings of American scientific archaeology in the Near East at a crucial turning point in world history. Paperback. 160 pages.
Tutankhamun's Funeral
A full colour catalogue published to accompany the exhbition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and reporting on recent research into the Egyptian mummification process, burial rites and Tutankhamun's death.
Ancient Mines and Quarries: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective
The texts of fourteen papers presented at a symposium on prehistoric mines and quarries in 2006.
STC Books Printed in England 1540-1640 from the Library of James Stevens Cox. Maggs Catalogue 1439
Large attractive dealer’s catalogue listing 191 exceedingly rare antiquarian books from the private library of the bibliophile and book dealer James Stevens Cox who died in 1997.
Architettura dell'Acqua. La Cisterna della Villa omana del Varignano Vecchio
Nine academic papers publishing the results of research into the extant remains of this large Roman villa at Varignano Vecchio on the Italian western coast which was built in the early first century B.C. on the site of an earlier residential building.
Explore the Archaeology of the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Heritage Coast
Attractive full colour guidebook to the archaeology around Berwick from the Mesolithic to C20th industrial archaeology. Paperback. 20 pages. New condition. Cat No 3538
Dazu Rock Carvings
Handsome album of high quality colour photographs of the Dazu Buddhist carvings in the caves of Chongqing dating from the C7th and now a World Heritage Site. Paperback. 156 pages. Dual language Introduction and captions - English and Chinese.
Breaking Ground: Pioneers of Biblical Archaeology
Attractive illustrated catalogue for the exhibition held at the Israel Museum in Summer 2010 to mark the renovations and re-opening of the Archaeology Wing featuring archive photographs and artefacts displayed to celebrate the pioneering work of Flinders Petrie, Conrad Schick and the Palestine Ex
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