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George Rawlinson

The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy or, The Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Winterfylleth

The Divination Of Antiquity (Limited-Edition)

George Rawlinson

The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy or, The Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Conflicts over Water Management and Water Rights from the End of Antiquity to Industrialisation

Few natural resources can be more important than water. And this is precisely why few resources can be the subject of greater conflict than water itself. This volume, edited by two internationally renowne…

The Poetics of Things Past / Gedichtete Geschichtsdinge

Material objects of the past and pre-modern poetry: Together they convey innovative forms of knowledge transmission, even though both are highly contested topics in the history of knowledge. The epistemic…

Winterfylleth

The Reckoning Dawn

Zwei Jahre nach ihrem von der Kritik gefeierten Akustik-/Folk-Album »The Hallowing of Heirdom« kehren die britischen Black-Metal-Könige Winterfylleth im Jahr 2020 mit ihrem neuen, viszeralen Album »The Re…

Ian Wood

Europe in Late Antiquity

In studying the Late Antique period there are different approaches: political history (fall of the West Roman Empire and its replacement by the Successor States), socio-economic history (e.g. collapse of …

Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity

Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of knowledge production in laboratories (e.g., Latour/Woolgar 1979; Knorr-Cetina 1981)…

A Cultural History of Medicine in Antiquity

Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the 'medical triangle' according to one of the texts attributed to Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor. This volume, covering a period from …

Francesca Rochberg

Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity

Objects of knowledge exist within material, immaterial, and conceptual worlds. Once the world is conceived from the perspective of others, the physical ontology of modern science no longer functions as a …

Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity

Explores the connection between immersive experiences in ancient literature and culture and immersive classical receptions in modernity.

A Cultural History of Education in Antiquity

A thematic overview of education and its place in Western society and culture in ancient history.

A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity

Examines the uses and meanings of plants from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, from the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere.

A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity

Explores the chemical arts in the long period from 3000 BCE to 600 CE, when chemical artisans, recipes and ideas were exchanged between Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome and Byzantium. Also avai…

A Cultural History of Race in Antiquity

The era generally referred to as antiquity lasted for thousands of years and was characterized by a diverse range of peoples and cultural systems. This volume explores some of the specific ways race was d…

Emily Gowers

The Small Stuff of Roman Antiquity

" The Small Stuff is quintessential Gowers. Written with characteristic verve and elegance, it challenges us to think again about what constitutes a subject worth pursuing."--William Fitzgerald,…

Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity

"Explores the ways in which the human body and the world of machines and technological artefacts intersected in the ancient world. Traces the origins of the body-machine interface from Homer's automa…

A Cultural History of the Sea in Antiquity

The sea is omnipresent in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean basin. It is an inexhaustible source of food, but also a well-traveled roadway and a means to communicate, trade with, or wage war again…

Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity

Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity aims to establish the significance of technological animation within Greek and Roman societies. The chapters focus on artificial animation produced through t…