Books by Nam C. Kim
“In many ways, Co Loa is like King Arthur’s Camelot; there is a lot of folklore about it. Nam Kim doesn’t dismiss all that. He’s very much trying to lay the groundwork: ‘Okay, what can we prove about this place? What’s going on here?’ And one of the things he did prove is that this is an older city than people had thought. That’s what a lot of research that has been coming out is showing. This is just a fantastic book to really understand the state of ancient Vietnam.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Nam C. Kim were recommended
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The World of the Scythians
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Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundaries in Egypt's Nubian Empire
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The Origins of Ancient Vietnam
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India: The Ancient Past
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Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC-AD 1300
by David Phillipson
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World, recommended by Owen Rees
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World, recommended by Owen Rees
Many of us love to read about ancient Greece or Rome and know a bit about ancient Egypt, but what lay beyond the Classical world we’re familiar with? Historian Owen Rees, author of The Far Edges of the Known World, recommends books on some of the other civilizations that flourished in ancient times, from Aksum in modern Ethiopia to Co Loa in modern Vietnam.
