A Guide To The Stone Circles Of Britain, Ireland And Brittany (Pocket)
avAubrey Burl
ISBN: 9780300114065 - UTGIVEN: 2005-11-04This practical and knowledgeable guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic "horseshoes" of Brittany. This new edition includes a section on "Druidical" circles, romantic creations of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth ce[...]
The Wall Around the West (Häftad)
avAubrey Burl
ISBN: 9780742501782 - UTGIVEN: 2000-11Even as economic and military walls have come down in the post-Cold War era, states have rapidly built new barriers to prevent a perceived invasion of 'undesirables.' Nowhere is this more dramatically evident than along the geographic fault lines dividing rich from poor countries: especially the sou[...]
Prehistoric Henges (Häftad)
avAubrey Burl
ISBN: 9780747801238 - UTGIVEN: 1998-01Stonehenge is just one of almost a hundred vast circular earthworks built in the British Isles over four thousand years ago. Known as henges, they remain one of the mysteries of prehistoric Britain. Unlike stone circles, which are their counterparts in the west, henges have generally been ignored. W[...]
Brief History of Stonehenge (Häftad)
avAubrey Burl
ISBN: 9781845295912 - UTGIVEN: 2007-05Presenting the history of the world's greatest stone circle, Stonehenge, this book explains how the outlying Heel Stone long predates Stonehenge itself. It uncovers the evidence that the Welsh bluestones were brought to Stonehenge by glaciation rather than by man. It reveals just how far the design [...]
Catullus (Häftad)
avAubrey Burl
ISBN: 9781848683914 - UTGIVEN: 201002Born around 84 BC Catullus belonged to an influential and wealthy family. Later on in life, when Catullus moved to Rome, he was entertained in a style suitable for a fashionable young man. During this time it is thought that he embarked upon several love affairs. Catullus looks at the poet's love af[...]
