Travel in the Ancient WorldThe only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first Egyptian voyages recorded in Old Kingdom inscriptions through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuries. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author. |
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THE NEAR EAST AND GREECE | 19 |
30001200 B C | 21 |
1200500 B C | 44 |
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Africa Alexandria ANCIENT WORLD Apollo arrived Asclepius Asia Minor Athens Augustus Babylon Baiae baths bronze building carried chariot Cicero city-states coast Corinth cursus publicus Delphi east Egypt Egyptian emperor empire Epidaurus example feet festival fifth century B.C. fourth century B.C. Friedländer Fustier gold Gorce graffiti Greece Greek guidebook guides Heracles Herodotus horses India inns inscriptions Italy Jerusalem king Kleberg Kynno land letter Lucian Mediterranean Memnon Mesopotamia miles monuments museum mythological Naples Nile offered official Olympia paintings Pausanias Persian PHILE pilgrims Pliny Plutarch popina port Praxiteles proxenos Puteoli road Roman Rome Rome's route sailing sanctuary second century A.D. ship sights Sparta SSAW statue stone Strabo Syria temple Thebes things third century A.D. Tjeker tomb took tourist town trade trip villa visitors voyage wagons walls wine writes Zeus