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The Aztec World by Elizabeth Brumfiel Publisher Comments The Aztec World is an illustrated survey of the Aztecs based on insightful research by a team of international experts from the United States and Mexico. In addition to traditional subjects like cosmology, religion, human sacrifice, and political history,... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham Publisher Comments Until two million years ago, our ancestors were apelike beings the size of chimpanzees. Then Homo erectus was born and we became human. What caused this extraordinary transformation? In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller by James Patterson Publisher Comments A secret buried for centuries Thrust onto Egypt's most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut's reign was fiercely debated from the outset. Behind the palace's veil of prosperity, bitter rivalries and jealousy flourished among the Boy King's most... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mexico: From Olmecs To Aztecs (6TH 09 Edition) by Michael D. Coe Publisher Comments "Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted."—Library Journal Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony Publisher Comments Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Standing with Stones: A Photographic Journey Through Megalithic Britain & Ireland by Rupert Soskin Synopsis From the southernmost tip of Cornwall to the far Scottish isles, a wonderful variety of ancient stone monuments still exists in Britain and Ireland, and this book guides the reader to over one hundred of them. Some megalithic sites, like Stonhenge and... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature - Pre-Columbian to the Present by Migue Leon Portilla Synopsis The first anthology to present the full trajectory of new interpretations of the glyphic writings of the Maya through the poetic response to events in modern Chiapas, here is a history of Mexico and Central America from the Indian point of view. "In the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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What Life Was Like When Longships Sailed: Vikings Ad 800-1100 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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