Ancient Civilizations: Publisher Collections

A comprehensive reference of the most important and accessible archaeological digs in the United States and Canada.

The first and only book to offer an integrated and comprehensive view of traditional Indian medicine understandable to Western readers.

Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E. covers the lives of important personages from the ancient world.

Covers the homes of ancient times to the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, and the Post-Industrial Revolution to the Present.

Covers the ancient world, the medieval era, the early modern period, the colonial and revolutionary age, the nineteenth century, and the modern world. Entries cover such topics as customs and practices, authors and works, concepts and institutions, and various other subjects.

Explores the sacred and the symbolic (totem, sacrifice, status and popular beliefs); hunting; domestication (taming, breeding, labour and companionship); entertainment and exhibitions (the menagerie, zoos, circuses and carnivals); science and specimens (research, education, collections and museums); philosophical beliefs; and artistic representations.

Presents an authoritative survey, charting the cultural, social, economic, religious, medical and political changes in domestic life.

Presents an overarching survey from ancient times to the present.

Covers years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object.

An introduction to the mythological world of the Greeks and the Romans, combined with a chronology of myths and a dictionary of key characters, objects, and events.

A guide to Hinduism through the ages, offering readers an accessible way of exploring its complex deities, mythological characters, and ideas.

An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing myths as they live and change in China today.

The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource.

Spanning ancient Egyptian culture (ca. 3200 B.C.E. to C.E. 400), the Handbook of Egyptian Mythology is the only complete survey of Egyptian mythology of its kind available in English

An introductory guide to the mythology of Japan—one of the most pervasive yet least understood facets of Japanese culture.

Critically acclaimed introduction of broad scope to the myths of Mesoamerica from ancient times to the present.

Popular Hopi kachina dolls and awesome totem poles are but two of the aspects of the sophisticated, seldom-examined network of mythologies explored in this fascinating volume.

Authoritative, comprehensive reference incorporating the latest research on tales, literary and oral sources, and the broad-reaching cultural legacy of Norse mythology.

An accessible, concise reference source on Polynesia's complex mythology, product of a culture little known outside its home.