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| Publisher: CENTURY |
| Publication Date: 01/02/2007 |
| Format: Hardback |
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When heroes walked the Earth
Embark on an epic journey across the ancient Mediterranean lands in search of the western world’s legendary origins. From Jericho to Rome, the true chronicle of our pre-Christian past is uncovered, revealing an extraordinary historical picture.
The legends of the West appear to have been based on actual historical figures and events. For David Rohl, there really was a 'Heroic Age' of brazen-clad warriors, the last of whom fought at Troy.
Two thousands years before Julius Caesar’s assassination, a new people joined the great civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. These chariot-riding warriors became the Hittites, the Aryan kings of Mitanni, the Vedic heroes of the Indus, and the founders of the later Greek, Persian and Roman empires.
Their heroes include Inachus, mythical ruler of Argos; Minos of Crete, who built the infamous Labyrinth; and Mopsus, who daringly attacked Ramesses III’s Egypt.
In challenging a long-accepted chronology of events, this eye-opening history reveals these and other classical personalities as flesh-and-blood characters from our ancestral past.
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RRP £20.00
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