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Book SynopsisArmchair travelers and history buffs alike will thrill to the beautiful illustrations, floor plans, and maps that complement Sites of Antiquity as it traces the evolution of the Classical world through fifty of its greatest sites. From the Egypt of the pharaohs through the democracies of Greece to the fall of Imperial Rome, this handsome volume reflects the perennial Blue Guides' strengths in erudition and research.
Table of ContentsMAP OF THE 50 SITES; THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WORLD: Historical overview; The sites: The pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur , The pyramids of Giza , Eastern Thebes: Luxor , Eastern Thebes: Karnak, Western Thebes: The Valley of the Kings, Tel el-Amarna: 'The Horizon of Aten' , Abu Simbel , Edfu: Ptolemaic Egypt , Dendera , The island of Philae; THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD: Historical overview , The sites: Knossos, Mycenae , Olympia , Delphi , Dodona , Epidaurus, Athens: the Acropolis , Athens: the Agora, Delos, Segesta and Selinunte: the Greeks in Sicily, Agrigento, Paestum: the Greeks in Italy; THE HELLENISTIC AGE: Historical overview; The sites: Pergamon , Priene: the planned city , Ephesus; THE ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD: Historical overview , The sites: Rome: the Forum, Rome: the Arch of Constantine , Rome: the Colosseum , Rome: the Pantheon , Rome: the Baths of Caracalla , Roman Ostia , Nimes , Pont du Gard , Petra , Aphrodisias , Pompeii, Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli , Hadrian's Wall , Leptis Magna , Palmyra , Diocletian's Villa at Split , Piazza Armerina , Trier; THE EARLY CHRISTIAN WORLD: Historical overview , The sites: Jerusalem , Christian Rome, Ravenna: outpost of Byzantium, Constantinople, St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; Picture Credits.
