Buried (eBook)

An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

Alice Roberts (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
352 Seiten
Simon & Schuster UK (Verlag)
978-1-3985-1004-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ';Tender, fascinating Lucid and illuminating'Robert Macfarlane Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales,Buriedprovides an alternative history of the first millennium in Britain. As she did with her pre-history of Britain inAncestors, Professor Alice Roberts combines archaeological finds with cutting-edge DNA research and written history to shed fresh light on how people lived: by examining the stories of the dead.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.5.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-3985-1004-1 / 1398510041
• ISBN-13: 978-1-3985-1004-3 / 9781398510043