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Archaeology
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The Earl and the Pharaoh : From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun€24.99Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was opened.
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Buried : An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain (Hardback)€23.99Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next.
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The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings€20.99'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom Holland
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The World Before Us€13.99How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules.
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The Megalithic Art of the Passage Tombs at Knowth, County Meath (Large Hardback)€70.00Excavations at Knowth Volume 7. The complex of passage tombs at Knowth is dated c. 3200–2900 BC, and this volume deals with one of the most significant aspects of the site.
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Rome Is Burning : Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty€18.99Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome's Great Fire-and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire
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Ancestors : A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials€12.99An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.
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The Red Sea Scrolls : How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids€36.99The inside story, told by the archaeological detectives themselves, of the extraordinary discovery of the world's oldest papyri - revealing how King Khufu's men built the Great Pyramid at Giza.
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Earthing the Myths : The Myths, Legends and Early History of Ireland€24.99In Ireland, the link between place and myth is strong, and there is no more enlightening way to understand the rich tapestry of Irish mythology, and its relationship to our true history, than by reading the landscape.
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River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads€11.99This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed. THE TIMES Books of the Year Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman, and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research, as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small, Carnelian, bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat.