Ancients in Their Own Words
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"Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of some of the most important written records from ancient Greece, including: the Phaistos Disk; boundary stone of the Agora; the Aristotle Herma; and the Parian Marble, with examples of Greek lettering adapted from the Phoenician alphabet"--Provided by publisher.
"Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples, featuring some of the most important written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including: the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the Epic of Gilgamesh, with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters"--Provided by publisher.
"Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of some of the most important written records from ancient Rome, including: Aemilius's decree; the Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus; Marcus Caelius's Memorial; and Lutacia Lupata's Stele, with examples of Roman writing and graffiti"--Provided by publisher.
"Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of some of the most important written records from ancient Egypt, including: the Palermo Stone; Stela of Irtysen at Abydos; the Abbott Papyrus; the Stela at Karnak; Tiy's Wedding Scarab; and the Stela of Merneptah, with examples of hieroglyphics and hieratic scripts"--Provided by publisher.