The Goths are truly a “lost civilization.” Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet after the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, the Goths disappea...(展开全部)

From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the “Romans of the Americas,” these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, ch...(展开全部)

In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as “stone age,” their achievements were remarkable. They constructed lofty temples and produced fi...(展开全部)

We often think of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome as discrete incubators of Western culture, places where ideas about everything from government to art to philosophy were free to develop and then be distributed outward into the wider Mediterranean world. But as Peter Bogucki reminds us in this book, Greece and Rome did not develop in isolation. All around them were...(展开全部)

An illuminating look at the myriad communities who have engaged with the ancient Maya over the centuries. This book reveals how the ancient Maya—and their buildings, ideas, objects, and identities—have been perceived, portrayed, and exploited over five hundred years in the Americas, Europe, and beyond. Engaging in interdisciplinary analysis, the book summarizes ancient Maya a...(展开全部)

We often think of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome as discrete incubators of Western culture, places where ideas about everything from government to art to philosophy were free to develop and then be distributed outward into the wider Mediterranean world. But as Peter Bogucki reminds us in this book, Greece and Rome did not develop in isolation. All around them were...(展开全部)

From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the “Romans of the Americas,” these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, ch...(展开全部)

Drawing on an impressive range of archaeological and textual sources and a nuanced understanding of biases, this book offers a valuable reappraisal of the enigmatic Phoenicians. The Phoenicians is a fascinating exploration of this much-mythologized people: their history, artistic heritage, and the scope of their maritime and colonizing activities in the Mediterranean. Two aspec...(展开全部)

达明·斯通是澳大利亚悉尼的周泽荣博物馆的考古学家，周泽荣博物馆是澳大利亚首个以杰出澳籍华人命名的博物馆，汇集了悉尼大学的古董、自然历史、历史照片、文化手工艺品和艺术品，拥有2000平方米的展览空间，共四层，是1860年建成开放的尼科尔森博物馆的三倍。达米安是《石榴:全球历史》(2017)一书的作者。

罗三洋，男，1979年出生于安徽省六安市金寨县，1985年随家庭移居北京，毕业于北京市八一中学。1998年赴德国留学，就读于海德堡大学，留学期间翻译了约达尼斯《哥特史》，并在网络论坛上发表连载《上帝之鞭——欧洲民族大迁徙史话》，受到读者好评。2006年回国后，出版有著作《欧洲民族大迁徙史话》（文化艺术出版社，2007年）、《梦断三国》（中国国际广播出版社，2008年）、《柔然帝国 （西向天狼丛书）》（中国国际广播出版社，2009年），译著《哥特史（汉译世界学术名著丛书）》（商务印书馆，2012年）等。