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Book Cover for: Notebooks, Leonardo Da Vinci

Notebooks

Leonardo Da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci came close to cracking the mystery of gravity 100 years before Isaac Newton, a review of his notebooks shows. https://t.co/ExXsjlbYLT

Paperback, 2008

$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Theogony, Hesiod

Theogony

Hesiod
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An infographic illustrating Hesiod's Theogony (literally meaning "Birth of the Gods") - the earliest known and the only complete account of the origins of the universe and the gods according to ancient Greek mythology and tradition. https://t.co/UANdXRZrPO

Paperback, 2015

$14.90Member price:$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age, Walter Burkert

The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

Walter Burkert
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Best, J. & Woudhuizen, F. (1988). Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus. E.J. Brill, Leiden. Burkert, W. (1992) The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age, Harvard University Press, Harvard.

Paperback, 1998

$38.00Member price:$34.20 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: A Philosophy of Walking, Frederic Gros

A Philosophy of Walking

Frederic Gros
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@KnowledgeArchiv A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros is a good read with some of these thinkers.

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Book Cover for: The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade, Maria Eugenia Aubet

The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade

Maria Eugenia Aubet
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Aubet, M.E. (1994) The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Cherchiai, L. Jannelli, L. & Longo, F. (2004) The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily. Getty Trust Publications, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Paperback, 2001

$39.00Member price:$37.05 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Writing History: Bronze Age, Anita Ganeri

Writing History: Bronze Age

Anita Ganeri
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Minoans: A study published in the journal Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, suggests that Bronze Age civilisations sailed by the stars using celestial navigation techniques similar to those employed by Polynesian and Micronesian cultures. https://t.co/owyfHoIrFW

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