Does your kid love to see the world but is not old enough to fly in a plane yet? What is it about flying to Egypt that your kid would enjoy? Your kid will love a guidebook to show kids the glowing pyramids of old that are kissing the desert sands in the distant horizon. It is great for a kid to learn about the ancient mummies and see what they look like back then. Kids can also learn about the culture and the history of the ancient valley of the ...
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. In this comprehensive and clearly written account, Gary Forsythe draws extensively from historical, archaeological, linguistic, epigraphic, religious, and legal evidenc ...
The <I>Medea </I>of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies and arguably the one with the most significance today. A barbarian woman brought to Corinth and there abandoned by her Greek husband, Medea seeks vengeance on Jason and is willing to strike out against his new wife and family—even slaughtering the sons she has born him. At its center is Medea herself, a character who refuses definition: Is she a her ...
