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1	The World of the Druids more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist The white-clad Druid wielding a golden sickle and conducting secret ceremonies in remote forest glades is a familiar figure in art and literature. But just how accurate is this view when compared with actual evidence from the past? Were the Druids barbaric head-hunters involved in human sacrifice? Or were they wise and benevolent healers who could ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
2	The Quest for the Shaman more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Stephen Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist Here is an exciting, innovative study of ancient European religious practice and practitioners. The Aldhouse-Greens entertaining and informative book represents a search, a voyage of discovery in which evidence is sought that there were individuals living in Europe from the Stone Age to the early post-Roman period who believed they were able to ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $19.87! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art more books like this by Miranda J Green, Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist In Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art , Miranda Green argues that only by deciphering their complex systems of images and symbols can we uncover the realities of Celtic life and belief in Europe before and during the Roman period. She explores a number of iconographic themes in depth and examines the tribal and regional differences in ... see all copies from $32.60! new only from $41.89! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Celtic Art: Symbols and Imagery more books like this by Miranda Green, Miranda J Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist "Green...is a superlative researcher and a clear, often eloquent writer. In this gorgeously-illustrated volume, she approaches Celtic art in terms of what it expresses about Celtic culture's spiritual beliefs and social organization. After an excellent, concise introduction...Green explores class and gender through an examination of jewelry...and ... see all copies from $8.88! new only from $55.89! \| first editions
5	The Gods of Roman Britain more books like this by Miranda J Green, Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist This book looks at the religious beliefs of the people of the roman province of Britain and at the gods they worshipped. Little literary evidence survies and it is therefore necessary to rely almost wholly on epitraphic and icongraphical representations. The book firstr examines the pre-Roman Celtic background to Romano-British religion from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	An Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist "An Archaeology of Images" takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400. see all copies from $95.59! new only from $99.03! \| SVS
7	Gwent County History, Volume 1: Gwent in Prehistory and Early History more books like this by Miranda Green (Editor), Ray Howell (Editor), Miranda Aldhouse-Green (Editor) add to wishlist Gwent in Prehistory and Early History is the first in a major series of five authoritative volumes on the history of Gwent from Prehistoric times to the end of the twentieth century. In this vast time-span, south-east Wales has been at the heart of historic changes that have affected both England and Wales. These changes will be fully explored in ... see all copies from $59.33! new only from $66.95!
8	Artefacts and Archaeology: Aspects of the Celtic and Roman World more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (Editor), Peter Webster (Editor), Miranda Aldhouse Green (Editor) add to wishlist Archaeologists excavate structures and objects, but they can and should aim to reconstruct the societies of the past and seek to understand them. Artefacts and Archaeology brings together essays written by leading scholars in the fields of Iron Age and Roman archaeology and material finds in Britain in order to examine the ways in which the study ... see all copies from $22.74! new only from $24.99!
9	Boudica Britannia more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist The Rebellion of Boudica is one of the most dramatic events in the history of Britain. The Boudican revolt is the story of how one British woman, who lived in an obscure part of East Angliain the mid first century AD, challenged the might of the Roman Empire. This book provides the complete story of Boudica and uses an exciting blend of ... see all copies from $27.88! new only from $27.88! \| SVS
10	The Sun Gods of Ancient Europe more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist The ancient European sun-cults are remarkable for their diversity and complexity. From at least the Neolithic to the Roman period, pagan European communities drew symbols of the sun, built shrines and fashioned images which acknowledged its daily and seasonal behaviour, its essential heat and light-giving properties and its manifold associations. ... see all copies from $27.50! first editions
11	Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe more books like this by Miranda J Green, Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice, and even cannibalism, could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in northwest Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC and AD, ... see all copies from $25.79! new only from $27.00!
12 view cover	The Gods of the Celts more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist This is a fascinating book about the Celts and their religion, which covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples. The first chapter introduces the Celts and the evidence they have left behind, and places them in their geographical and chronological context. The following chapters ... see all copies from $2.93! new only from $83.52!
13	The Wheel as a Cult-Symbol in the Romano-Celtic World: With Special Reference to Gaul and Britain more books like this by Miranda Aldhouse-Green add to wishlist see all copies from $91.39! signed copies

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