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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, preeminent historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects--who were first and foremost "political animals."
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this highly entertaining and comically illustrated book, Cleopatra is brought back to life to tell her own version of history.The politically savvy, multilingual, cosmopolitan ruler of Alexandria, Cleopatra reveals herself to be the world's first influencer. Finally able to tell her own version of events, readers will reel at her amazing story, including how she created an army of mercenaries to counter her bullying brother and how she secured...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he ruled. The gold funerary mask of his son Tutankhamun and the painted bust of his wife...
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