Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity

[D B Campbell]

Has anyone seen this book? Is it worth £42.00 (new) / hock: £274.45 (used) ?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Wow, better get the used one, it's cheaper.... :roll:
Must have been touched by JC himself...

no I haven't seen it.
I have the final report, but this will be someones interpretation of what he has read, will it not?

[D B Campbell]

Must have been touched by JC himself...

Your good self (Julius Caesar)? :wink:

... but this will be someones interpretation of what he has read, will it not?

It seems to be an exhibition catalogue, with original articles about the exhibits.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Well, maybe worth £45 then.... mile:

[Quintius Clavus]

Boy, someone's been trying to make a fast buck; that "used" price is obscene. I could have bought it when I visited the exhibit at New York University in NYC for about $26.00 in December, but chose not to.

[Epictetus]

The price could have been set by a computer.

BBC: When algorithms control the world

The article blames Amazon's algorithm for the $23 million book in the article, but I think it was probably a third party, like the seller's.

[Medicus matt]

Boy, someone's been trying to make a fast buck; that "used" price is obscene. I could have bought it when I visited the exhibit at New York University in NYC for about $26.00 in December, but chose not to.

Different catalogue I think. The one for the NYC exhibition was this one:-
http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/edge-of-.../catalogue

Looks like the 'Crossroads' catalogue is still available from the McMullen Museum though, for a much more reasonable price:-
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuse...index.html

[PhilusEstilius]

I think there may have been a hiccup surely, for £27-45 would be a more reasonable price.

[D B Campbell]

The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:

[mcbishop]

The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:

Good job it's not priced in Euros... Is there a speculative futures market in secondhand books, I wonder? Should I buy up all of Ben Kan'e Spartacuseseses now and hoard them for a rainy day?!

Mike Bishop

[Quintius Clavus]

Sorry about the confusion - they are using the same image to promote the "Edge of Empire" exhibit. Still $219!! is way beyond what it should be priced.

[Vindex]

Is the book any good? Does it offer any startling insights or advance our knowledge of the finds or the period?

If not, I wouldn't even part with the £42!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

If it has amazing photos of the artifacts, I would...maybe!

[Robert Vermaat]

The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:

Oufff.. Now that's a reasonable price (not for me). :-|

[starman2012]

If it has amazing photos of the artifacts, I would...maybe!

I've already seen those, including the persian(?) soldier they tried to drag to safety--for free at the library.