Explores the growth of Greek medicine from the early references in Homer to the flowering its Hippocrates and subsequent influence on the Islamic world and early modern Europe.
The beauty of the ancient world through the eyes of the great Czech photographer who, between 1991 and 2015, travelled to 20 Mediterranean countries and photographed over 200 Greek and Roman... read more
A zesty account of archaeological wizardry, from Champollion's decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.
Not only the art of Rome itself but of its provinces, including Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Greece and the British Isles, showing how Roman art both drew on and influenced the wider ancient world... read more