HTA Year 11 Ancient History

This book offers a variety of approaches to the featured topics and a rang of engaging activities designed to stimulate and encourage students' understanding of the ancient past and how it is represented.

The authors have extensive experience in supporting teachers and students of history, through their successful publications and professional development activities. Their contributions to history have been recognised in a number of prestigious awards for research, writing and teaching.

Contents

• Part 1: The Nature of Ancient History
• Investigation of Ancient Sites and Sources
• Historical Authentication and Reliability
• Representation of the Ancient Past
• Preservation, Conservation and Reconstruction of Ancient Sites
• Cultural Heritage and the Role of Museums
• Treatment and Display of Human Remains
• Part 2: Case Studies
• Tutankhamun's Tomb
• Thera
• Troy
• The Roman Games
• Boudicca
• Ancient Australia
• Persepolis
• Masada
• Palmyra and the Silk Road
• Part 3: Features of Ancient Societies
• Death and Funerary Customs: Old Kingdom Egypt
• Women: New Kingdom Egypt and Classical Greece
• Slavery: Greece and Rome
• Weapons and Warfare: Assyria and Rome
• Power and Image: New Kingdom Egypt and Persia
• Index
• Acknowledgements