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The minbar of Saladin: reconstructing a jewel of Islamic art
"This is the remarkable story of one of the masterpieces of Islamic art, the Minbar of Saladin. Made in the middle of the 12th century, this wooden pulpit, perhaps the finest ever seen, stood in the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for some eight hundred…
Buddhism: the Illustrated Guide
With profound but highly accessible scholarship, BUDDHISM provides a brilliantly clear and superbly illustrated encyclopedia of this living faith.
The Questions of King Milinda, in two parts
Basic tenets of Buddhism, in the form of questions and answers between Menandar, Indo-Greek King (Milinda) and Nāgasena.
The ancient Egyptian pyramid texts
The Pyramid Texts are the oldest body of extant literature from ancient Egypt. First carved on the walls of the burial chambers in the pyramids of kings and queens of the Old Kingdom, they provide the earliest comprehensive view of the way in which…
