Discovery from the Air

Politics & Social Sciences

ALLEN

Archaeology

Ashmolean Museum Publications

The Captive Spirit: Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum

Arts & Photography

Susan Sherratt

History & Criticism

Most of the archival material from Sir Arthur Evans' excavations at Knossos is now in the Ashmolean Museum and Library. This booklet, illustrated with many period photos, shows how the excavations proceeded and how the reconstruction of parts of the palace was achieved. Now in its third reprinting.

Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos

History

Brown, Ann

Ancient Civilizations

Piero Di Cosimo's Forest O/P

LLOYD

Image as Catalyst

ANDERSON

Most of the archival material from Sir Arthur Evans' excavations at Knossos is now in the Ashmolean Museum and Library. This booklet, illustrated with many period photos, shows how the excavations proceeded and how the reconstruction of parts of the palace was achieved. Now in its third reprinting.

The first of a new series of Ashmolean Museum handbooks introduces the archaeology of the Near East, and its study, by way of the museum's wide ranging collections. Straightforward text, excellent chronological table, photos in b/w and colour. 56pp, 60 illus. (Ashmolean museum 1987)

The Ancient Near East

Moorey, P. Roger S.

A new revised edition of Roger Moorey's guide to the Ashmolean Museum Egyptian collections, first updated in 1988. This attractive, slim volume combines informative text and a useful bibliography with a good selection of photographs, many of which are in colour. An attractive introduction to the history, achievements and everyday activities of ancient Egypt from the predynastic period onwards.

Ancient Egypt

Religion & Spirituality

The Ashmolean possesses a fine collection of terracottas dating from 1000 to 100 BC, with representative examples from all the important centres of production. This introductory study, based on the collection, illustrates many statuettes and reliefs and discusses their dignificance in Greek culture.

Ancient Greek Terracottas (Archaeology, History, and Classical Studies)

Vafopoulou-Richardson, C. E.

An introduction to life in Rome and its Empire from the first century BC to the end of the fourth century AD, based on the collections of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Looks at the differences between town and country, at food and drink, medicine, religion, and the army.

The Ancient Romans

Vickers, Michael

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