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From the triumphs and tragedies of the Roman Empire to the customs and conquests of the Celts, this is where you’ll find ancient civilisations at your fingertips. Whether you want to immerse yourself in Egyptian mythology, Classical Greece or pre-historic Britain, browse our bestselling ancient history and archaeology books and begin a mesmerising journey into the past.

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Our Bestselling Ancient History Books

Emperor of Rome
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Emperor of Rome
Mary Beard
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Pax
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Pax
Tom Holland
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Divine Might
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Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
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SPQR
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SPQR
Mary Beard
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A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
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A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
Emma Southon
£10.99
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Fall of Civilizations
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Fall of Civilizations
Paul Cooper
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Rubicon
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Rubicon
Tom Holland
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Bettany Hughes
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Lost Realms
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Lost Realms
Thomas Williams
£10.99
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The Egyptian Myths
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The Egyptian Myths
Garry J. Shaw
£14.99
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Celts, The - Search for a Civilisation
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Celts, The - Search for a Civilisation
Alice Roberts
£10.99
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Papyrus
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Papyrus
Irene Vallejo
£12.99
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How the World Made the West
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How the World Made the West
Josephine Quinn
£30.00
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Venus and Aphrodite
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Venus and Aphrodite
Bettany Hughes
£9.99
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The Histories
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The Histories
Herodotus
£12.99
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Divine Might
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Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
£20.00
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Pax
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Pax
Tom Holland
£30.00
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Emperor of Rome
Emperor of Rome (Paperback)
Mary Beard
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In her customary lively yet scholarly style, the eminent historian and author of SPQR presents an authoritative account of the role of Roman Emperor and the colourful personalities who occupied that position over the centuries.
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Our Best New Ancient History Books

The Rest is History
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The Rest is History
Goalhanger Podcasts
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Pax
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Pax
Tom Holland
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Divine Might
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Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
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A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
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A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
Emma Southon
£10.99
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Fall of Civilizations
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Fall of Civilizations
Paul Cooper
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Bettany Hughes
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The Missing Thread
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The Missing Thread
Daisy Dunn
£25.00   £21.99
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Heresy
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Heresy
Catherine Nixey
£25.00
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How to Be
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How to Be
Adam Nicolson
£10.99   £9.49
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Messalina
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Messalina
Honor Cargill-Martin
£10.99
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How the World Made the West
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How the World Made the West
Josephine Quinn
£30.00
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The Cleopatras
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The Cleopatras
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
£25.00
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Populus
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Populus
Guy de la Bedoyere
£25.00
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The Muse of History
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The Muse of History
Oswyn Murray
£30.00
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Lost Cities of the Ancient World
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Lost Cities of the Ancient World
Philip Matyszak
£25.00
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Alexandria
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Alexandria
Islam Issa
£30.00
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Justinian
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Justinian
Peter Sarris
£30.00
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The Britannias
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The Britannias
Alice Albinia
£25.00
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Fall of Civilizations
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline (Hardback)
Paul Cooper
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Based on the hit podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.
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Unleashed
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Unleashed
Boris Johnson
£100.00
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The Book-Makers
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The Book-Makers
Adam Smyth
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A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural
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A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural
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Britain’s Landmarks and Legends
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Britain’s Landmarks and Legends
Jo Woolf
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Ancient Magic in Greece and Rome
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Ancient Magic in Greece and Rome
Philip Matyszak
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The World War I Book
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The World War I Book
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Cooking and the Crown
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Cooking and the Crown
Tom Parker Bowles
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History Year by Year
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History Year by Year
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The Rest is History
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The Rest is History
Goalhanger Podcasts
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Gimson’s Kings and Queens
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Gimson’s Kings and Queens
Andrew Gimson
£14.99
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Sapiens
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
£25.00
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STRATA
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STRATA
Robert Macfarlane
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The Phantom Atlas
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The Phantom Atlas
Edward Brooke-Hitching
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Gods, Heroes and Monsters
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Gods, Heroes and Monsters
Mark Daniels
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A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
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A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
Natasha Tidd
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Our Bestselling Ancient British & Celtic History Books

The Anglo-Saxons
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The Anglo-Saxons
Marc Morris
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Ancestors
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Ancestors
Alice Roberts
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Amy Jeffs
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Viking Britain
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Viking Britain
Thomas Williams
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The Celts
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The Celts
Simon Jenkins
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Celts, The - Search for a Civilisation
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Celts, The - Search for a Civilisation
Alice Roberts
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The First Kingdom
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The First Kingdom
Max Adams
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Pagan Britain
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Pagan Britain
Ronald Hutton
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A History of Ancient Britain
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A History of Ancient Britain
Neil Oliver
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Sacred Britannia
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Sacred Britannia
Miranda Aldhouse-Green
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Roman Britain
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Roman Britain
Guy de la Bedoyere
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The Ancient Paths
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The Ancient Paths
Graham Robb
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Britain After Rome
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Britain After Rome
Robin Fleming
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Britain BC
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Britain BC
Francis Pryor
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The Tribes of Britain
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The Tribes of Britain
David Miles
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Journey to Britannia
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Journey to Britannia
Bronwen Riley
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Lost Realms
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Lost Realms
Thomas Williams
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Secret Britain
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Secret Britain
Mary-Ann Ochota
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Our Bestselling Ancient Greek History Books

Pandora's Jar
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Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
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The Republic
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The Republic
Plato
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The Spartans
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The Spartans
Paul Cartledge
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Philip and Alexander
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Philip and Alexander
Adrian Goldsworthy
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Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great
Robin Lane Fox
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The Classical World
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The Classical World
Robin Lane Fox
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A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives
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A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives
David Stuttard
£12.99
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Thebes
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Thebes
Paul Cartledge
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History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
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Athens
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Athens
Bruce Clark
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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece
Paul Cartledge
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24 Hours in Ancient Athens
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24 Hours in Ancient Athens
Philip Matyszak
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The Persian Expedition
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The Persian Expedition
Xenophon
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The Campaigns of Alexander
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The Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian
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The Age of Alexander
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The Age of Alexander
Plutarch
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Encounters with Euclid
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Encounters with Euclid
Benjamin Wardhaugh
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The Sacred Band
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The Sacred Band
James Romm
£12.99
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Guide to Greece
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Guide to Greece
Pausanias
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Our Bestselling Ancient Roman History Books

Rubicon
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Rubicon
Tom Holland
£12.99
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Pompeii
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Pompeii
Mary Beard
£11.99
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The Twelve Caesars
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The Twelve Caesars
Robert Graves
£10.99
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Augustus
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Augustus
Adrian Goldsworthy
£14.99
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The Conquest of Gaul
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The Conquest of Gaul
Julius Caesar
£10.99
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The Early History of Rome
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The Early History of Rome
Livy
£12.99
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The Roman Empire
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The Roman Empire
Christopher Kelly
£8.99
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The First Ladies of Rome
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The First Ladies of Rome
Annelise Freisenbruch
£16.99
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Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius
Frank McLynn
£16.99
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Imperial Tragedy
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Imperial Tragedy
Michael Kulikowski
£12.99
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Hadrian's Wall
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Hadrian's Wall
Adrian Goldsworthy
£10.99
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The Sons of Caesar
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The Sons of Caesar
Philip Matyszak
£12.99
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Barbarians
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Barbarians
Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
£12.99
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Political Speeches
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Political Speeches
Cicero
£10.99
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Agricola and Germany
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Agricola and Germany
Tacitus
£10.99
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Hannibal
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Hannibal
Patrick N Hunt
£10.99
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The Mad Emperor
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The Mad Emperor
Harry Sidebottom
£20.00
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Our Bestselling Ancient Egyptian History Books

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
Toby Wilkinson
£16.99
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The Story of Egypt
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The Story of Egypt
Joann Fletcher
£16.99
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A History of Ancient Egypt
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A History of Ancient Egypt
John Romer
£14.99
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
Donald P. Ryan
£8.99
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Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
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Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
Chris Naunton
£12.99
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Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
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Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
Toby Wilkinson
£12.99
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Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw
£8.99
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Ancient Egyptian Magic
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Ancient Egyptian Magic
Christina Riggs
£14.99
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Akhenaten
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Akhenaten
Nicholas Reeves
£12.99
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
Alberto Angela
£12.99
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw
£23.49
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The Story of Tutankhamun
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The Story of Tutankhamun
Garry J. Shaw
£16.99
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Papyrus
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Papyrus
Irene Vallejo
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Egypt. People, Gods, Pharaohs
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Egypt. People, Gods, Pharaohs
Rainer
£30.00
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Our Bestselling Archaeology Books

Buried
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Alice Roberts
£9.99
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Shadowlands
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Shadowlands
Matthew Green
£10.99
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The Children of Ash and Elm
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The Children of Ash and Elm
Neil Price
£16.99
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A Little History of Archaeology
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A Little History of Archaeology
Brian Fagan
£10.99
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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs
Dean Lomax
£10.99
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Kindred
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Kindred
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
£11.99
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London Clay
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London Clay
Tom Chivers
£10.99
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The Fens
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The Fens
Francis Pryor
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Surfacing
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Surfacing
Kathleen Jamie
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Wisdom of the Ancients
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Wisdom of the Ancients
Neil Oliver
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A World Beneath the Sands
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A World Beneath the Sands
Toby Wilkinson
£12.99
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Digging Up Britain
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Digging Up Britain
Mike Pitts
£12.99
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How to Build Stonehenge
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How to Build Stonehenge
Mike Pitts
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First Steps
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First Steps
Jeremy DeSilva
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Archaeology
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Archaeology
Colin Renfrew
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Ancestral Journeys
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Ancestral Journeys
Jean Manco
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Priam's Gold
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Priam's Gold
Caroline Moorehead
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