让-克劳德·戈尔万（Jean-Claude Golvin）法国建筑师、考古学家。曾在法国国立科学研究中心（CNRS）担任研究员。长期致力于古代遗迹的复原工作，是当今古代城市复原图制作领域的巨擘。 1969年取得建筑师资格以后，让-克劳德·戈尔万参与了若干考古项目 。从1973年开始，他参与突尼斯蒂斯德鲁斯圆形竞技场的整修工程。在这个过程中，他发现了自己对历史的喜爱，并于1985年开始攻读历史学博士学位。1979-1990年，他以埃及为据点，指挥位于埃及卢克索的“法国·埃及·卡尔纳克神殿研究中心”的工作。自1989年起，他投入到以水彩描绘古代文化遗产的复原图工作中，目前已绘制从古代到中世纪的各类城市与纪念性建筑物的复原图超过1000幅，其中大半由阿尔勒考古博物馆保存。该馆致力于展示古代历史文化，在此领域是法国仅次于卢浮宫的机构。

This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, including information that is hard to find and even harder to decipher. Clear, authoritative, and highly organized, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome provides a unique look at a civilization whose art, literature, law, and engineering influenced the whole of ...(展开全部)

From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and political ideals. But, in certain areas of sexual tolerance and inventiveness, we still have much to learn from the land and age which produced the most flourishing and creative culture of the ancient world. Professor Hans Licht, in this erudite and fascinating book, discusses in...(展开全部)

From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and political ideals. But, in certain areas of sexual tolerance and inventiveness, we still have much to learn from the land and age which produced the most flourishing and creative culture of the ancient world. Professor Hans Licht, in this erudite and fascinating book, discusses in...(展开全部)

An engaging guide to how Stoicism--the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius--can provide lessons for living in the modern world Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philoso...(展开全部)

In Cities , the acclaimed historian John Reader takes us on a journey of the city—from its earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo. Cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. For Reader, they are our most natural artifacts, the civic s...(展开全部)