Search Results: Archaeology from Lems Bookshop

20,000 BC was the peak of the last Ice Age and then global warming changed history ushering in a changed life style from hunter-gatherer to farmers and permanent villages and towns - civilization. 622 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, 4 maps, 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition despite number of small ticks in margin of many pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

Part of Time-Life History of the World series. Four parts - Breakthrough at Sumer; The Way of the Pharaohs; The Empire on the Aegean; Stirrings in Asia. 176 pages - a lavish production with colour illustrations throughout and 8 maps. Book in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The secrets of ancient Egypt and its culture lay hidden until 1799 when a French soldier found the Rosetta Stone, the key which unlocked those secrets. Slowly through years of excavation archaeologists have pieced together a picture of life, society and the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. 141 pages with over 40 illustrations and 2 maps. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on publishing and contents pages, borrowing sleeve remnant on front endpaper, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with reference number on spine and some wear.

Revised and updated paperback edition. Where did the Europeans come from? Archaeology, linguistics, genetics and DNA are presenting a startling new history of Europe. 312 pages with 123 illustrations. Book in as new condition.

About 8,000 years ago it became possible through agricultural development for men to change from a nomadic way of life and settle in more permanent communities. The first great civilizations emerged some 2,500 years later centered around great river systems in north China, north India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. 140 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book in very good+ condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Translated from the French by H S B Harrison. An archaeological adventure in two parts; The history of Roman archaeology; Problems and methods of Roman archaeology. 284 pages with 190illustrations and endpaper maps. Book in good+ condition ex library with stamp and sticky tape marks on front and back endpapers, sticker and borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpapers, part binding showing inside back cover, sticker on first page, stamp on publishing page, minor marks on a few pages. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and small fold to flaps.

Unabridged republication of the work originally published by Oxford University Press in 1930 under the title Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building Craft. A detailed examination of Egyptian quarrying methods, transportation of stone, foundations, mortar, techniques for dressing and laying stone blocks, pyramid construction, facing, sculpturing and painting masonry, brickwork, Egyptian mathematics, and more. 242 pages with nearly 270 photographs and other illustrations. Book in near fine condition with minor reader wear.

All periods of Ancient Egyptian history from Predynastic to Roman, and all areas from the Delta to Nubia - a gloriously illustrated history of discovery from 1799 to present, and a showcase for the greatest finds, and also a superb reference to an extraordinary civilization. 256 pages with 598 illustrations, 234 in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book (29x25x2.5 cm) but no increase in postage in Australia.

Translated by Alan Rowe. A brief description of the History and Literature of Ancient Egypt, and of the more important objects in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and in the necropoli of Giza and Saqqara. 287 pages with 170 Figures. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name on first page, small stain to leading edge last thirty pages, knock to top and bottom corners back forty pages, and light tanning. Cover has binding showing top and bottom spine and bottom cover over spine missing and cover wear.

An artistic heritage that remains unsurpassed in scope, diversity, and sheer grandeur - the art of the Roman Empire. Forty five examples of this extraordinary legacy with informative commentary. 112 pages with 45 colour illustrations, including 4 fold outs, and a detailed map. Book in near fine condition.

A major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to Alexander - social, political and cultural history. 720 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker and reference on front endpapers, stamp on title page, some light pencil underlining, sticker on cover front and spine.

Man in Europe from about 10,000BC to the Christian era - prehistoric to barbarian to classical to the eventual incorporation of much of the remaining barbarian world within the Roman Empire. 343 pages with 143 illustrations and 51 plates. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on title page and back endpaper, borrowing sleave remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover, texta cross outs on back endpaper and lines on edges. Cover has sticker remnant bottom spine and mark on back and some minor wear (see photos).

New edition with new Introduction and expanded Bibliography. Central to all facts about ancient Egypt is the Nile and this is were the author starts with a vivid picture of the land, then we see how the culture sprang up and the meaning to the life of Egypt. Then in three chapters the entire history of ancient Egypt in vivid capsule form. 215 pages with 48 Plates, maps and a fold out chronological chart. Book in good+ condition with inscription to previous owner on first page, and wear to cover, otherwise fine.

The principles which lie behind the archaeological approach to the human past - history of archaeology, various methods, surveys major changes. 203 pages with 25 black and white photographs and 35 line drawings. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with two small booksellers stickers and minor wear.

Shows how some of the great discoveries were made, and others not so spectacular have contributed to a better understanding of obscure periods - each chosen to cover both the range of Egyptian history and the work of significant archaeologists. 144 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and many black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear.

How did complex societies develop, and what caused them to change or collapse - important archaeological excavations, discoveries, and techniques are resolving crucial questions. 484 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with booksellers sticker on back. .

The growth of archaeology from the development of early techniques to the sophisticated discipline it is today. The pioneers of archaeology are acknowledged and sites and discoveries from around the world are surveyed. 169 pages with 67 colour illustrations and black and white illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

A general survey through recent discoveries of the cultural achievements of the great people who lived on the banks of the Nile nearly five thousand years ago - before the time of the pharaohs. 269 pages with 48 pages of black and white photographs and 150 text figures. Book in good+ condition with some tanning, cover in clear wrapper and previous owners sticker on front.

A general survey of the cultural achievements of the people who lived on the banks of the Nile nearly five thousand years ago. 269 pages with 48 pages of Plates and 150 Text illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on title page, sticky tape remnants on front and back end papers, some reader wear, and some wear to cover (see photo).

Beginning with the discovery, history and civilization of Assyria then moving to more than 250 items which are described and illustrated, providing a magnificent record of one of the great civilizations of antiquity. 224 pages with 215 colour and 33 black and white illustrations, 14 colour figures and a map. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.