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  Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Turning Points in Ancient History, 2) Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty (Turning Points in Ancient History, 2) OTHER ARTICLES Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome's Great Fire--and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman EmpireAccording to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, AD 64 and fiddled while the city burned. It's a story that has been told for more than two millennia--and it's likely that almost none of it is true. In Rome Is Burning, distinguished Roman historian Anthony Barrett sets the record straight, providing a comprehensive and authoritative account of the Great Fire of Rome, its immediate aftermath, and its damaging longterm consequences for the Roman world. Drawing on remarkable new archaeological discoveries and sifting through all the literary evidence, he tells what is known a...

  Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel OTHER ARTICLES Jerusalem Besieged is a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, and Israeli fights for possession of such a symbolic prize in a manner that is both scholarly and engaging.-Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University author of The Other Greeks and Carnage and CultureA beautifully lucid presentation of four thousand years of history in a single volume. Cline writes primarily as an archaeologist-avoiding polemic and offering evidence for any religious claims-yet he has also incorporated much journalistic material into this study. Jerusalem Besieged will enlighten anyone interest...

  An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt OTHER ARTICLES An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt is a comprehensive overview of Egyptian archaeology skillfully organized to guide the reader from Egypt's prehistoric past through the pharaonic dynasties and the Greco-Roman Period. Provides an unprecedented introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt and its culture, monuments, and civilizationBeautifully illustrated with over 120 color and black and white illustrations, including artifacts, maps, and site and building plansIncludes special sections on such topics of perennial interest as building the pyramids at Giza, mummification, and deciphering hieroglyphsOrganized into 11 chapters, covering: the history of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology prehistoric and pharaonic chronology and the ancient Egyptian language geography, resources, and environment and seven chapters organized chronologically and de...

  Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race OTHER ARTICLES Over the past two centuries archeologists and anthropologists have ignored, forgotten and suppressed vast quantities of evidence showing that human beings like ourselves have existed on this planet for tens of millions of years. Forbidden Archeology documents a systematic process of knowledge filtration and constitutes a serious challenge to the Darwinian theory of evolution.

  Paleopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults Paleopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults OTHER ARTICLES Palaeopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults provides archaeological examples of pathological child remains with varying degrees of disease manifestation, and where possible, presents illustrations of individually affected bones to help with identification. The structure and inclusion of photographs and summary diagnostic tables make this suitable for use as a textbook. Each chapter includes a table of international archaeological cases collated by the author from published and unpublished literature.Child skeletal remains come in a variety of different sizes, with bones appearing and fusing at different times during growth. Identifying pathology in such unfamiliar bones c...

  On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded E... On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact, Revised and Expanded E... OTHER ARTICLES The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth’s surface and encompasses many thousands of islands that are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations—combined with allied research in historical linguistics, biological anthropology, and comparative ethnography—have revealed much new information about the long-term history of these societies and cultures. On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the ...