Collection: Reference

Begins with a basic summary of the structure of the pharaonic state, including the nature of ancient Egyptian kingship and how its function meshed with those of the bureaucracy. Introduces key members of the royal family and asseses what is known...

Ever since the first scrolls were found in the Judaean desert by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the subject of passionate speculation and controversy.

A listing of the stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia, BCOF, Australian Postage Dues, Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Colonies, Australian PSE's from 1978.

An atlas of over 2000 patterns, shapes and backstamps. The ultimate survey of Clarice Cliff's work and those of her largely uncredited colleagues from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Paul Griffiths shows how music has evolved through the centuries and suggests how its evolution has mirrored developments in the human notion of time, from the eternity of heaven to the computer's microsecond.