Only 100 pages from a single copy of the ancient manuscript are thought to survive, held in collections around the world.

and scope of the ancient Greek city-state Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History Peter Brown A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most ...

Turning Points in Ancient History presents accessible books, by leading scholars, on crucial events and key moments in the ancient world. The series aims at fresh interpretations of both famous ...

The explanation of Socrates, particularly a section walking readers through the Socratic Method — the question-based method ...

Photo by Annette Hornischer / American Academy in Berlin 2019 01 25 Jared Farmer’s Elderflora is a fascinating history of the world’s oldest ... superficial wounds, ancient trees and the ...

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...