Knihy o historii

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  487 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

Římské lampy byly charakteristickou formou vnitřního osvětlení. Díky reliéfním dekoracím se staly přitažlivými exponáty drobného umění v moderních sbírkách. V antickém světe však znamenaly mnohem víc — s distribuční sítí klenoucí se přes tři kontinenty...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  484 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

Uncovering the physical remains of our past is a quintessential human itch; the pursuit of every society from the ancients through to today.But the stories behind archaeological exploration and discovery - what we look for when, what we end up finding,...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  476 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  466 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

In this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  299 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious purple dye to Egypt...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  397 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

In First People, archaeologist Andrew Smith examines what we know about Southern Africa's early people, drawing on evidence from archaeological sites and rock art, the observations of colonial-era travellers, linguistics, and the study of...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  358 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

45,000 years ago, rare and precious statues of faceless women with hourglass figures, sturdy hips and generous breasts surfaced across Europe...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  356 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butt...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  337 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  329 Kč

  Skladem 3 ks
• Přečtenámírně opotřebovaná
  206 Kč

  Skladem

Startling new fossil finds are the lifeblood of modern palaeobiology. Giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons from Patagonia, dinosaurs with feathers from China, and even a tiny dinosaur tail in Burmese amber - complete down to every detail of its filament-like

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  328 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for 40,000 years...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  326 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

Why does archaeology matter? How does studying prehistory help us understand climate change? How can archaeological discoveries challenge contemporary assumptions about gender? ...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  324 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, ...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  315 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks

The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They - or, more precisely, we - originated around the same time as the dinosaurs...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  282 Kč

  Skladem 2 ks

This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours...

• Knihabrožovaná vazba
  270 Kč

  Skladem 1 ks