Presents a study of libraries in the ancient world from their origins in the ancient Near East in the third millennium B.C. to the early Byzantine period.
Discusses the art and civilization of the times of the ancient rulers of Greece, including the Mycenaean kings, Pericles, Philip of Macedon, and Alexander the Great.
Text and lavish photographs depict the art and treasures of the various barbarian groups including the Scythians, Celts, Franks and Saxons, and Vikings.
