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LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES)

Written by Carl W. Blegen, Colin F. Macdonald, Joan Oates, Michael Grant, Jane Taylor
Published by Folio Society in 2005

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LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES)
Written by Carl W. Blegen, Colin F. Macdonald, Joan Oates, Michael Grant, Jane Taylor.
Stock no. 1830606
2005. Hardback. Very good condition.

Five volume set: Troy and the Trojans; Knossos; Babylon; Pompeii & Herculaneum Cities of Vesuvius; and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans. Light brown cloth with printed illustrations in gilt and black. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Second printing. Spines have caught the sun and faded to a brown/green (only noticeable when removed from the slipcase). Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked but not split.

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Cover of LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (5 VOLUMES) by Carl W. Blegen; Colin F. Macdonald; Joan Oates; Michael Grant; Jane Taylor

Contents

  • TROY
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chronology
  • 1 Troy of the Homeric Poems
  • 2 The Archaeological Troy
  • 3 The Early Bronze Age: Troy I
  • 4 The Early Bronze Age: Troy II
  • 5 The Early Bronze Age: Troy III
  • 6 The Middle and Late Bronze Age: Troy VI
  • 7 Troy Villa
  • 8 Troy VIIb
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • KNOSSOS
  • A note on Chronology
  • A Note on the Plans
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The First Inhabitants
  • 2 The Origins of the Minoan Age
  • 3 The Beginnings of Public Architecture
  • 4 The Foundation of the Palace
  • 5 The Source3s of Palace Civilisation
  • 6 Consolidation
  • 7 A New Palace?
  • 8 The West and South Approaches
  • 9 The Heart of the Palace
  • 10 The Northern Area
  • 11 The Residential Quarter
  • 12 A Remodelled Palace
  • 13 The Mycenaean Era
  • 14 The Bureaucratic Palace
  • Epilogue
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • BABYLON
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Revised Edition (1986)
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 From Sargon to Hammurapi
  • 3 The Old Babylonian Period
  • 4 Kassites and Chaldaeans
  • 5 Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians and Greeks
  • 6 The Legacy of Babylon
  • Appendix: Mesopotamian Chronology
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • PETRA
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prelude
  • 1 They Came from Arabia
  • 2 Into a Habitation of Dragons
  • 3 Friends, Foes and Neighbours
  • 4 Days of Glory, Days of Dust
  • 5 The Miracle of Petra
  • 6 The Delicate Magic of Life
  • 7 Language, Script and Graffiti
  • 8 Babatha
  • 9 Afterglow of Empire
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Chronology
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • POMPEII
  • Introduction
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The History of Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • 2 Vesuvius
  • 3 The Towns and Their Meeting Places
  • 4 Temples, Gods and Goddesses, and Philosophers
  • 5 Private Houses in Town and Country
  • 6 Paintings, Mosaics and Furniture
  • 7 Farms and Trades
  • 8 Public Life and Sexual Life
  • Epilogue
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index