Resultaten (6)
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Sicily
culture and conquest
2024 || Paperback || Dirk Booms e.a. || British Museum Press
A compelling book capturing the glory of Sicily’s most significant periods, revealing the island’s unique identity, history, achievements and culture.
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The Greek Vase: Art of the storyteller
2024 || Paperback || John H. Oakley || British Museum Press
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A Little Gay History
Desire and Diversity across the World
2024 || Paperback || R. B. Parkinson || British Museum Press
How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? This title deals with these questions.
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Indigo
Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans
2024 || Paperback || Jenny Balfour-Paul || British Museum Press
Produced from plants by a process akin to alchemy, indigo has a unique chemistry that renders it compatible with all natural fibres. This title is the story of a commodity that has been central to international trade and textile production for centuries, across time and cultures.
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Nero
the man behind the myth
2024 || Paperback || Thorsten Opper || British Museum Press
Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54–68), providing insight into the inner conflicts of a Roman society in transition and challenging preconceptions of a figure dismissed by a hostile source-tradition as tyrannical, deluded and ineffectual.
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Greek inscriptions
2025 || Paperback || Peter Liddel || British Museum Press