Perioder & regioner

Människan har känt till och använt sig av guld sedan urminnes tider. Varför är det så? En förklaring är att guld förekommer i ren form i naturen. Det har alltså varit möjligt att …

Animals have always been an important part of the human life-world, and they stand out as signifcant forces in the Old Norse mythology – here they became imaginary creatures with …

Deserts, the Red Land, bracket the narrow strip of alluvial Black Land that borders the Nile. Networks of desert roads ascended to the high desert from the Nile Valley, providing …

Ethiopia has captured the imagination of observers since ancient times. This book provides a fresh perspective on Ethiopian history up to 1500, beginning with the Aksumite …

Short introduction to the amazing finds of garments from the Norse settlement of Herjolfnes in Greenland by Else Østergård. Chapters on technique: production of the tread, dyeing, …

An exceptional reference work to pilgrim and secular badges of the middle ages. This is the first major catalogue in English devoted to medieval badges. These fascinating objects …

Med bronset kom svärdet. Och med svärdet kom kriget. Att handelsnätverk med centrum på Jylland styrde Europas handel med koppar och tenn är en hypotes som sedan två decennier …

Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate what he calls the ‘Irish …

Mesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. In this fully revised and expanded …

An introduction to the raucous yet educational ‘gap year’ tours of Europe taken by wealthy British aristocrats in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.For many young …