Ancient Greece: The Dawn of the Western World

This book sets out to relate the extraordinary story of ancient Greece, its civilization, culture and art, in a way no publication has ever done before. The book takes readers on a thrilling journey of discovery, using more than 1000 photographs od outstanding quality, many of them never before published. The book opens with a brief but complete history of Hellas, from its origins through the Roman conquest, and then moves on to an exploration of how the ancient Greeks lived j- the homes they dwelled in, the jewelry they wore, the religions they practiced, the dramas they performed, the wars they fought, the games they played.