Everyday Life in Ancient Times: Highlights of the Beginnings of Western Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome

368 pp. With 215 illustrations, 120 paintings by H. M. Herget. Reprinted fro the National Geographic Magazine issues of October, 1941; March, 1944; November, 1946; and January, 1951. CONTENTS: Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor; Mesopotamia: Light That Did Not Fail, by E. A. Speiser; Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, by William C. Hayes; The Greek Way, by Edith Hamilton; Greece--The Birthplace of Science and Free Speech, by Richard Stillwell; The Roman Way, by Edith Hamilton; Ancient Rome Brought to Life, by Rhys Carpenter; Index.