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The Making of Stonehenge
Every generation has created its own interpretation of Stonehenge, but rarely do these relate to the physical realities of the monument. Rodney Castleden begins with those elements which made possible the building of this vast stone circle: the site, the materials and the society that undertook the...
Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
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The Knossos Labyrinth
A New View of the `Palace of Minos' at Knossos
Knossos, like the Acropolis or Stonehenge, is a symbol for an entire culture. The Knossos Labyrinth was first built in the reign of a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh, and was from the start the focus of a glittering and exotic culture. Homer left elusive clues about the Knossian court and when the...
Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
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The Mycenaeans
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
Following on from Rodney Castleden's best-selling study Minoans, this major contribution to our understanding of the crucial Mycenaean period clearly and effectively brings together research and knowledge we have accumulated since the discovery of the remains of the civilization of Mycenae in the...
Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
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King Arthur
The Truth Behind the Legend
King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contented kingdom. Those who accept his existence at all generally discard the stories that surround him. This exciting new investigation argues not only that Arthur did exist...
Published March 12th 2003 by Routledge
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Atlantis Destroyed
Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the absurdest lie in literature. Atlantis Destroyed explores the possibility that the account given by Plato is historically true. Rodney Castleden first considers the location of Atlantis re-examining two suggestions put forward in...
Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
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Minoan Life in Bronze Age Crete
Thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete. Since Sir Arthur Evans rediscovered the Minoans in the early 1900s, we have defined a series of cultural traits...
Published December 16th 1992 by Routledge
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The Stonehenge People
An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC
Rodney Castleden presents an illuminating and convincing interpretation of Stonhenge's cultural context and historical meaning....
Published March 28th 1990 by Routledge
