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Ancient history books
Highstreett has 2 reading guides and 10 book pages on ancient history.
Rome, Greece and Egypt, the ancient world and what survives of it.
Ancient history reading guides and projects
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Best books about Ancient Egypt
Fifteen books on ancient Egypt beyond pharaohs and tombs: ordinary lives, women, Nubia, Egyptology’s colonial history, Egyptian voices and novels, editions read 14 October 2026.
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Best books about the Roman Republic
Ancient history books recommended on Highstreett
Books Highstreett’s book search has recommended, most recommended first. Each page says what the book is and where to buy it.
- The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an EmpireKyle HarperRoman history
- The Roman RevolutionRonald SymeRoman history
- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra's DeathToby WilkinsonEgyptian history
- The Roman Army at War, 100 BC - AD 200Adrian GoldsworthyRoman military history
- The Last Generation of the Roman RepublicErich S. GruenRoman history
- The Constitution of the Roman RepublicAndrew LintottRoman history
- The Roman Household: A SourcebookJane F. Gardner and Thomas WiedemannRoman history
- The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in EgyptBrian FaganArchaeological history
- The Roman Street: Urban Life and Society in Pompeii, Herculaneum, and RomeJeremy HartnettRoman history
- The Roman FamilySuzanne DixonRoman history
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