The Gallic War

The Gallic WarThe only chronicle by an ancient general of his own campaigns, this historical treasure is also a work of profound literary merit. Julius Caesar's fascinating account of his conquests offers a trove of priceless details about the cultures of Gaul, Germany, and Britain during the First century B. C. and of the great man himself. Despite his extensive background in politics, Caesar expresses himself without hiding behind rhetoric, in an uncluttered,

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Lockyer addresses one of the many points already extensively investigated by Egyptologists: the chronology of the kings of Egypt

This volume combines the best and most practical material from ten of artist Victor Perard's drawing books

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Norman Lockyer believed that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed "in strict relation to the stars

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