Kenneth Lapatin Books
Ancient Greece
By Kenneth Lapatin, Marina Belozerskaya, Luca Mozzati
"The ancient Greeks are widely considered the founders of Western civilization. To them we attribute such fundamental concepts as democracy, philosophy, theater, and athletics. This richly illustra...
Read MoreThe Berthouville silver treasure and Roman luxury
"In 1830 a farmer plowing a field near the village of Berthouville in Normandy, France, discovered a trove of ancient Roman silver objects weighing some 55 pounds (25 kilograms). The Berthouville t...
Read MoreThe last days of Pompeii
By Jon L. Seydl, Kenneth D. S. Lapatin, Victoria C. Gardner Coates
Destroyed yet paradoxically preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii and other nearby sites are usually considered places where we can most directly experience the daily live...
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