Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.

This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequen

Pindar's Library is the first volume to analyse the role played by Pindar's literary, cultic, and scholarly reception in affecting readers' engagement with his

What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that h