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Larger Than Life: The Ommerschans Hoard and the Role of Giant Swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 Bc)
In 1896 a remarkable hoard was discovered near Ommerschans in the eastern Netherlands that included a spectacular object: a giant bronze sword. It was obtained by the landowner and …
Byblos: A Legacy Unearthed
Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location at …
Death and Display
Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond
This volume has been written in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn in order to celebrate her distinguished career as an archaeologist and, above all, as an expert in the study of …
Decoding the Jewels: Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
For the first time, National Museums Scotland's important collection of Renaissance jewelry from Scotland is considered together in this fully illustrated volume alongside …
Alternative Egyptology
From a mummy on board the Titanic to the pyramids' alignment with the stars, from psychoactive mushrooms to the lost realm of Atlantis: alternative interpretations of ancient …
Community, Technology and Tradition
In the second millennium BC, mining for copper ore on the Great Orme, Wales, created one of Europe’s largest surviving prehistoric copper mines. The ore from the mine was smelted …
Hayonim Cave
The research presented in this book results from an international interdisciplinary research program in Hayonim cave (Israel) from 1992 to 2000, directed by Prof O. Bar-Yosef …