Everyday life in ancient times : highlights of the beginnings of Western civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / [print] with 215 illustrations ; 120 paintings by H.M. Herget. - [Washington : National Geographic Society, (c)1951.. - 355 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.

"Reprinted from the National Geographic Magazine issues of October, 1941; March, 1944; November, 1946; and January, 1951."

Foreword, by G. Grosvenor.--Mesopotamia: light that did not fail, by E.A. Speiser.--Daily life in ancient Egypt, by W.C. Hayes.--The Greek way, by E. Hamilton.--Greece, the birth place of science and free speech, by R. Stillwell.--The Roman way, by E. Hamilton.--Ancient Rome brought to life, by R. Carpenter.



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Civilization, Ancient.

CB311.N277.E947 1951