Piquant and witty collection excavates 200 pyramid-builders, poets, poisoners, physicians, power brokers and panderers of ancient times.

A history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.

History comes alive in this engaging and lavishly illustrated chronicle, which spans world events and people from ancient times to the 21st century. The voices

An account of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day