The world's first great cities, built in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia, grew rich on trade. The great rivers which flowed into the Gulf were navigable as far as Babylon and beyond. A ship could carry goods from these cities to India and China. The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are very significant, and the sites are still relatively unexplored.
The world's first great cities, built in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia, grew rich on trade. The great rivers which flowed into the Gulf were naviga...
Everyone has heard of the Minotaur in the labyrinth on Crete and many know that the Greek gods would adopt the guise of a bull to seduce mortal women. But what lies behind these legends? This text discusses mankind's enduring obsession with bulls. The bull is an almost universal symbol throughout Indo-European cultures. Bull cults proliferated in the Middle East and in many parts of North Africa, and one cult, Mithraism, was the greatest rival to Christianity in the Roman Empire. The Cults are divergent yet have certain core elements in common. The author argues that the ancient bulls were...
Everyone has heard of the Minotaur in the labyrinth on Crete and many know that the Greek gods would adopt the guise of a bull to seduce mortal women....
Drawing on Jungian psychology to show why Egypt has been so important in the history of Western civilisation, Michael Rice explains the majesty and enduring appeal of Egyptian civilization.
Jung claimed that there exist certain psychological drives dormant in our shared unconscious: these are the archetypes. From the omnipotent god to the idea of the nation state, the formulation of most of these archetypes is owed to ancient Egypt.
Michael Rice sets out to recover the sense of wonder that the Egyptians themselves felt as they contemplated the world in which they lived, and...
Drawing on Jungian psychology to show why Egypt has been so important in the history of Western civilisation, Michael Rice explains the majesty and...
Already a classic and widely used text, this second edition has been wholly revised and updated in the light of the many discoveries made since its first publication. Michael Rice's bold and original work evokes the fascination and wonder of the most ancient period of Egypt's history.
Covering a huge range of topics, including formative influences in the political and social organization and art of Egypt, the origins of kingship, the age of pyramids, the nature of Egypt's contact with the lands around the Arabian Gulf, and the earliest identifiable developments of the historic...
Already a classic and widely used text, this second edition has been wholly revised and updated in the light of the many discoveries made since its...
From the co-editor of Bahrain Through the Ages: The Archaeology and Bahrain Through the Ages: The History, this book offers a review of the Arab-Israeli conflict over Palestine.
From the co-editor of Bahrain Through the Ages: The Archaeology and Bahrain Through the Ages: The History, this book offers a review of the Arab-Israe...
