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Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology, A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This f......more

Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This se......more

Beth Munro offers a retrospective study of the material value of and deconstruction processes at villas. She explores th......more

Short description: Evidence is presented for restoring the fragmentary wall painting from the Minoan shrine on the islet......more

The colorful art of mosaic vividly illuminating medieval Roman history. Dazzling mosaic pictures made of glittering shar......more

First published in 1966, Classicism and Romanticism is a collection of important articles originally published in the au......more

Groundbreaking exploration of ancient techniques and cosmologies of color in Mesoamerica Ancient Mesoamerican artists he......more

This fully revised, new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greec......more

Flavius Josephus, historian of first-century Judaea and its past, is among the most well-studied individuals of the Anci......more

The debate that has arisen around the concept of the Anthropocene forms the basis of this book. It investigates certain ......more

This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the notion of queenship as it has manifest from antiquity to the present, ......more

This is the first book-length exploration of the ways art from the edges of the Roman Empire represented the future, exa......more

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MPER XXXIV, 2 presents knowledge of textile dyeing in Late Antique Egypt (ca. 300-800 CE) based on interdisciplinary res......more

The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to sit upon a pedes......more

In the beginning there were Six, not Seven Wonders in the Ancient Greek World. And unlike the later list of Seven Wonder......more

In the beginning there were Six, not Seven Wonders, in the Ancient Greek World. And unlike the later list of Seven Wonde......more

Art by Literati examines the integration of calligraphic inscription into the cultural practices of the literati in late......more

Sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in anc......more

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Art in physical forms and shapes (e.g. buildings and paintings) existed in both prehistoric and modern societies. This b......more

This volume explores the power of matter and materials in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium. Recent atte......more

New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art This collection includes twenty-one new essays by l......more

This volume is a groundbreaking discussion of the role of digital media in research on ancient painting, and a deep refl......more

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many r......more

A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus delves into the intricate relationship between fertility worship and sexuality in ......more

The importance and primary role of the site of Tell Fekheriye (Syria) has always been emphasized in the research history......more

"The story of Ancient India, the vast land that stretches from the Himalayas in the North to the Oceans far south, can b......more

Luwian and the closely related Hittite are the oldest known languages of the Indo-European group. Luwian is written in t......more

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This study examines the five extant large Imperial cameos of the Early Roman Empire as a coherent whole, revealing that ......more

Numerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian g......more

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The Church of St. Polyeuktos is one of the most magnificent, but also most peculiar architectural achievements in Byzant......more

Winner of the Toshihide Numata Book Award in Buddhism of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California......more

Fragmentary Modernism begins from a simple observation: what has been called the ’apotheosis of the fragment’ in the art......more

Viking Heritage and History in Europe presents new research and perspectives on the use of the Vikings in public history......more

"On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, four generations of female potters shaped pottery from local clays between 1891 ......more

New insights from the archaeology and pottery of the sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou, Crete The Sanctu......more

New insights from the archaeology and pottery of the sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou, Crete The Sanctu......more

In the energetic embroidery of India’s rich social legacy, the story of old Indian workmanship unfurls as a demonstratio......more

In Russia, interest in the art of ancient Cyprus dates back to the first half of the 19th century, but since then only a......more

GREEK SCULPTURE By Estelle M. Hurll A short introduction to Ancient Greek sculpture by Estelle M. Hurll, including many ......more

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"This collection of [Alan Cameron’s] articles, book chapters, and review articles on Roman art and archaeology was inten......more

The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, ......more

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In the early centuries AD, the small region of Gandhara (centred on what is now northern Pakistan) produced an extraordi......more

Collected essays 1898-1904 by Alois Riegl dealing with the history of art, periodization, preservation,18th century inte......more

This study examines third- and fourth-century portraits of married Christians and associated images, reading them as vis......more

- Features new photography of unpublished and rarely seen manuscripts from two of the world’s leading collections - Exhi......more

"The Mahabharata: Virata Parva" is a bankruptcy inside the epic Indian literary classic "The Mahabharata." This historic......more

"Phoenicians - Masters of the Sea: Shipping and Trading Lessons from History" explores the remarkable maritime and tradi......more

A study of early Chinese maps using interdisciplinary methods. This is the first English-language monograph on the early......more

Since their chance rediscovery in 1819, the breathtaking paintings and sculptures of the Ajanta caves have inspired and ......more

This book assesses the role of relief in the representation of space in Graeco-Roman artistic practice and its study - f......more

"The Seven Books of Paulus gineta, Volume 1" authored by Aegineta Paulus is a comprehensive and influential medical trea......more

"The Seven Books of Paulus gineta, Volume 2," authored by Aegineta Paulus, continues the profound exploration of medical......more

"How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves," by William Henry Giles Kingston, is a vivid and captivating book that chronicles......more

The Prehistoric Rock Art of Portugal presents significant interpretive perspectives in Portuguese rock art research and ......more

What do forgeries do? Forgery Beyond Deceit: Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome explores that question ......more

This volume argues that it would be a major misunderstanding to think of small sculptures as nothing more than a cheap a......more

A visually stunning, intimate photographic tour of Pompeii’s spaces, including many that have never been seen by the pub......more

The almost invisible images of a hitherto unknown painter called Eusebius, who worked in San Vitale Ravenna and in Vivar......more

This book presents new studies on intellectual and cultural interactions in the context of Buddhist heritage and Indo-Ja......more

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Ashoka, the name resounds through the annals of history as a testament to profound transformation and enlightened leader......more

How have two-dimensional images of ancient Greek vases shaped modern perceptions of these artefacts and of the classical......more

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A groundbreaking ecocritical study that examines how ideas about the natural and built environment informed architectura......more

Studies on ancient urbanity either concerns individual buildings or the city as a whole. This volume, instead, addresses......more

Plato’s Timaeus is unique in Greek Antiquity for presenting the creation of the world as the work of a divine demiurge. ......more