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The Nile: Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
- The Vintage Departures Series
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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- Narrado por: John Glouchevitch
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome - for slaves and emperors, soldiers and commanders alike - during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD.
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A good listen about early Rome.
- De Harry en 08-13-23
De: Lionel Casson
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City
- A Guidebook for the Urban Age
- De: P. D. Smith
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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For the first time in the history of our planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - is now living in cities. City is the ultimate guidebook to our urban centers - the signature unit of human civilization. With erudite prose, this unique work of metatourism explores what cities are and how they work. It covers history, customs and language, districts, transport, money, work, shops and markets, and tourist sites, creating a fantastically detailed portrait of the city through history and into the future.
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Commuters companion
- De Anna en 05-19-13
De: P. D. Smith
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Venice
- Pure City
- De: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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The Venetians' language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island people, linked to the sea and to the tides rather than the land. This latest work from the incomparable Peter Ackroyd, like a magic gondola, transports its listeners to that sensual and surprising city. His account embraces facts and romance, conjuring up the atmosphere of the canals, bridges, and sunlit squares, the churches and the markets, the festivals and the flowers.
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An endless droning list.....
- De jack en 03-15-11
De: Peter Ackroyd
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Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past
- De: Freddy Silva
- Narrado por: Freddy Silva
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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Around 6000 BC, a revolution took place on Orkney and the Western Isles of Scotland. An outstanding collection of stone circles, standing stones, round towers, and passage mounds appeared seemingly out of nowhere. And yet many such monuments were not indigenous to Britain, but to regions of the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean. Their creators were equally mysterious. Traditions tell of the Papae and Peti, "strangers from afar" who were physically different, dressed in white tunics, and lived aside from the regular population.
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Magical
- De Mori en 12-17-21
De: Freddy Silva
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The Lost Empire of Atlantis
- History's Greatest Mystery Revealed
- De: Gavin Menzies
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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New York Times bestselling historian Gavin Menzies presents newly uncovered evidence revealing, conclusively, that “the lost city of Atlantis” was not only real but also at the heart of a highly advanced global empire that reached the shores of America before being violently wiped from the earth. For three millennia, the legend of Atlantis has gripped the imaginations of explorers, philosophers, occultists, treasure hunters, historians, and archaeologists. Until now, it has remained shrouded in myth. Yet, like ancient Troy, is it possible that this fabled city actually existed?
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Absolutely abominable!
- De Magdalene en 03-05-18
De: Gavin Menzies
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Conquistadors
- De: Michael Wood
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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Following in the footsteps of the greatest Spanish adventurers, Michael Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hernán Cortés, Francisco, and Gonzalo Pizarro, Wood describes the dramatic events that accompanied the epic sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires.
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Horrific anti-European bias
- De Anonymous User en 08-30-20
De: Michael Wood
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Walls
- A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
- De: David Frye
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed - to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone and with them effectively divide humanity: On one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves - rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America....
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The code for history
- De veronica d en 03-14-23
De: David Frye
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Ur: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Important Sumerian City-States in Ancient Mesopotamia
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 3 h y 2 m
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This audiobook is about the city which houses the mighty Ziggurat - the Biblical “Ur of the Chaldees” where Abraham was supposedly born. The site near which the earliest human cultures were found. The site which held the most glorious Sumerian Dynasty in ancient history. This is the story of the city that was destined to die and be reborn every millennium or so, a city full of intrigue, magnificence, tragedy, and glory.
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Highly Recommended
- De Wsil Ali en 12-09-18
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The Fisherman's Tomb
- The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search
- De: John O'Neill, Sarah Wynne, Katie Clark
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter, a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his church was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime.
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Great narrator
- De Fran en 09-10-18
De: John O'Neill, y otros
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Buried Book
- The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
- De: David Damrosch
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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One day in 1872, self-taught Assyriologist George Smith was sifting through a pile of clay tablets when he realized he was reading about "a flood, storm, a ship caught on a mountain, and a bird sent out in search of dry land". This is the riveting story of the discovery of the world's first literary epic, the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
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interesting- but not for everyone
- De J Michael en 07-16-08
De: David Damrosch
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The Story of Egypt
- The Civilization That Shaped the World
- De: Joann Fletcher
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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The story of the world's greatest civilization - spanning thousands of years - is full of epic stories, spectacular places, and an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes, villains, and pioneers. The story of the world's greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that has shaped the world. It is full of spectacular cities and epic stories of a constantly evolving society peopled with inventors, heroes and heroines, villains, artisans, and pioneers.
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Egyptian history is fascinating, this book is not.
- De Mary Elizabeth Reynolds en 08-24-16
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
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In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and repression that were its foundations.
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Well Written and Detailed
- De Matthew G. en 01-26-18
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Red Land, Black Land
- Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
- De: Barbara Mertz
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968. Combining impeccable scholarship with a delightfully personal style, the author reconstructs the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too.
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Brilliant
- De Elizabeth en 04-03-10
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
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- De: Donald P. Ryan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Beville
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.
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The Authentic Details Make it a Worthy Listen
- De Daniel Morlan en 12-02-23
De: Donald P. Ryan
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A World Beneath the Sands
- The Golden Age of Egyptology
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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In A World Beneath the Sands, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles the ruthless race between the British, French, Germans, and Americans to lay claim to its mysteries and treasures. He tells riveting stories of the men and women whose obsession with Egypt’s ancient civilization helped to enrich and transform our understanding of the Nile Valley and its people and left a lasting impression on Egypt, too.
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An entrancing listen, fascinating History
- De L. Ford Ballard, Jr. en 01-27-21
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
- A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
- De: Barbara Mertz
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 12 h y 45 m
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In this updated version of the classic of popular Egyptology, Barbara Mertz combines her doctorate in Egyptology at the famed Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago with a life-long enthusiasm for ancient Egypt. Her love of the subject is contagious and makes her the perfect guide to ancient Egypt for the student, the layman, and those who plan to visit or have visited the Nile Valley.
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One of the best history books on Audible
- De A reader en 12-27-07
De: Barbara Mertz
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The Story of Egypt
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- De: Joann Fletcher
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- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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The story of the world's greatest civilization - spanning thousands of years - is full of epic stories, spectacular places, and an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes, villains, and pioneers. The story of the world's greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that has shaped the world. It is full of spectacular cities and epic stories of a constantly evolving society peopled with inventors, heroes and heroines, villains, artisans, and pioneers.
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Egyptian history is fascinating, this book is not.
- De Mary Elizabeth Reynolds en 08-24-16
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
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In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and repression that were its foundations.
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Well Written and Detailed
- De Matthew G. en 01-26-18
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Red Land, Black Land
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- De: Barbara Mertz
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968. Combining impeccable scholarship with a delightfully personal style, the author reconstructs the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too.
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Brilliant
- De Elizabeth en 04-03-10
De: Barbara Mertz
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- De: Donald P. Ryan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Beville
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.
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The Authentic Details Make it a Worthy Listen
- De Daniel Morlan en 12-02-23
De: Donald P. Ryan
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A World Beneath the Sands
- The Golden Age of Egyptology
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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In A World Beneath the Sands, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles the ruthless race between the British, French, Germans, and Americans to lay claim to its mysteries and treasures. He tells riveting stories of the men and women whose obsession with Egypt’s ancient civilization helped to enrich and transform our understanding of the Nile Valley and its people and left a lasting impression on Egypt, too.
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An entrancing listen, fascinating History
- De L. Ford Ballard, Jr. en 01-27-21
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
- A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
- De: Barbara Mertz
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 12 h y 45 m
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In this updated version of the classic of popular Egyptology, Barbara Mertz combines her doctorate in Egyptology at the famed Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago with a life-long enthusiasm for ancient Egypt. Her love of the subject is contagious and makes her the perfect guide to ancient Egypt for the student, the layman, and those who plan to visit or have visited the Nile Valley.
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One of the best history books on Audible
- De A reader en 12-27-07
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24 Hours in Ancient Athens
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
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During the course of a day we meet twenty-four Athenians from all strata of society—from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite—and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city.
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Maybe the narrator for 24 hours in Rome spoiled me
- De Dan R. en 04-06-23
De: Philip Matyszak
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Ramesses the Great
- Egypt's King of Kings
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Robbie Stevens
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat—the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. He outbuilt every other Egyptian pharaoh, leaving behind the temples of Abu Simbel; the great hypostyle hall of Karnak; the tomb for his wife Nefertari; and his own memorial, the Ramesseum.
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Great stuff. Minimal notes.
- De Raymond Smith en 05-18-23
De: Toby Wilkinson
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Fall of Carthage
- The Punic Wars 265-146BC
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era, while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World, namely the ascendancy of Rome. An epic of war and battle, this is also the story of famous generals and leaders: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, Scipio Africanus, and his grandson Scipio Aemilianus, who would finally bring down the walls of Carthage.
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Captivating
- De Jean en 03-25-19
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24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- 24 Hours in Ancient History Series, Book 1
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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In this entertaining and enlightening guide, best-selling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character - from emperor to slave girl, gladiator to astrologer, medicine woman to water-clock maker - and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.
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Took me back to Latin class and the origin of word
- De tony harris en 05-19-20
De: Philip Matyszak
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Vanished Kingdoms
- The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
- De: Norman Davies
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 30 h y 21 m
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There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind. This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from listeners of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.
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needs a good editor.
- De Ryan Anderson en 09-25-21
De: Norman Davies
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A Thousand Miles Up The Nile
- De: Amelia Blanford Edwards
- Narrado por: Alan Munro
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
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Accompanied by Lucy Renshaw, Edwards toured Egypt in the winter of 1874. They journeyed southwards from Cairo in a manned houseboat. The two women visited Philae and ultimately reached Abu Simbel, where they remained for six weeks. Their boat joined a flotilla with another female English traveler, Marianne Brocklehurst, also travelling with a female companion.
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.
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The final 25 pages are missing
- De Robert en 02-03-24
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power, each was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature. But over the next two and a half centuries, Rome would eventually conquer these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as "Graeco-Roman." In Greece Against Rome, Philip Matyszak relates this epic tale from the Hellenistic perspective.
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Really enjoyed the book and snark
- De Chris Smith en 05-27-23
De: Philip Matyszak
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Pax Romana
- War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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Pax Romana examines how the Romans came to control so much of the world and asks whether traditionally favorable images of the Roman peace are true. Goldsworthy vividly recounts the rebellions of the conquered and examines why they broke out, why most failed, and how they became exceedingly rare. He reveals that hostility was just one reaction to the arrival of Rome and that from the outset, conquered peoples collaborated, formed alliances, and joined invaders, causing resistance movements to fade away.
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2 stars if youve read goldsworthy; 2.5 or 3 if not
- De fm2 en 10-21-16
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Walking the Nile
- De: Levison Wood
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations - Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt - to the Mediterranean coast.
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Disappointed. It doesnt live up to the comparison
- De Kelly en 06-23-16
De: Levison Wood
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
- Birthplace of the Modern Mind
- De: Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace.
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A good listen
- De Jeffrey en 10-02-08
De: Justin Pollard, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Nile: Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
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- Daniel Morlan
- 02-09-23
Best to Have a Brit Narrate a Brit Book
The content is fantastic. What would be grand would be to at least have someone with a passing interest in Egyptology or share a greater linguistic link. One of the best Egyptology books available. and well worth the time to listen.
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- JWalkup
- 03-22-23
Solid introduction
It was good information. Tough to fully appreciate the history without seeing pictures along the way. Heading to Egypt in Oct.
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- Rebecca
- 08-07-21
excellent book, but the reader sounds like a bot
want to learn about egypt, read this. a wee but dated with info, but a good general summary. the reader of the audible book is horribly blend and voice lacks inflection and is very monotone
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- 02-20-20
A Riverboat Cruise from the luxury of your phone
This book does a wonderful job of outlining thousands of years of history along one of the most recognized rivers in the world. Its strength lies in Toby Wilkinson’s expert knowledge of both ancient and modern Egyptian history. As an audiobook, at times it can be difficult to visualize when and where a listener is, owing to the book’s massive stretches in time and place. In the end however, like the nile, the flow of this audiobook is life-giving and serene. A outstanding experience traveling the breath of the Nile.
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- Gwyn Smith
- 05-08-22
Audible recording of 1st section defective!! I want my money back!!
Can’t review because recording stopped playing! Please address this problem. Thank you for your help. Loved what Zi was allowed to hear.
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