In a companion book to the best-selling Stories from Ancient Egypt, Joyce Tyldesley re-tells some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from the Classical world. These stories tell us how the spider spun the first web, how a simple ball of string defeated the fearsome minotaur, and how Romulus founded the mighty city of Rome. The "this book belongs to" introduction teaches the reader how to write their name using ancient Greek letters, and their age using Roman numerals. Each of the stories includes a question and answer section for enthusiastic young archaeologists. The book is illustrated with imaginative and amusing line-drawings by acclaimed artist and archaeologist Julian Heath. Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome is primarily aimed at children between the ages of 7-11, but it offers an entertaining and informative introduction to the myths of ancient Greece and Rome to readers of all ages.

 

There are 108 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Oxbow Books .

Joyce Tyldesley is an Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster. She is a Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at Manchester University where she is tutor and course organiser of the three-year distance learning Certificate in Egyptology programme. In addition to her academic research, she has published three books for children, including the highly popular Stories from Ancient Egypt (Oxbow edition 2012). Her most recent book, Tutankhamen's Curse: The Developing History of an Egyptian King (USA title Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King won the Felicia A Holton Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America. Julian Heath is an author and freelance archaeological illustrator based in Liverpool. He has a BA and an MA in Archaeology from Liverpool University, where he has lectured on archaeological illustration and the prehistoric world. His publications include Warfare in Prehistoric Britain (2009), Life in Copper Age Britain (2011), and Before Farming (2013). He illustrated Stories from Ancient Egypt and the updated version of the British Museum's Dictionary of Ancient Egypt.