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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: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Barber Publisher Comments Some of Ürümchi's mummies date back as far as 4,000 years--contemporary with the famous Egyptian mummies but even more beautifully preserved. Surprisingly, these prehistoric people are not Asian but Caucasoid--tall, large-nosed and blond with thick... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries by Josh Bernstein Publisher Comments Bernstein, host of The History Channels hit series "Digging for the Truth," takes readers beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing places on the planet.... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson Publisher Comments A comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings Raiders and traders, settlers and craftsmen, the medieval Scandinavians who have become familiar to history as Vikings never lose their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Daily Life of the Aztecs by Jacques Soustelle Publisher Comments The Aztecs were fierce, honorable, death-obsessed, and profoundly religious. A famed scholar evokes the life of this complex culture on the eve of its extinction, when the Spanish arrived and conquered them--imprisoning Montezuma and strangling Atahualpa.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Old Straight Track by Alffed Watkins Synopsis This is a study of the ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles, a system which was old when the Romans first came to Britain. This is a collection of the author's investiations of the ancient monuments, which he argues follow the paths... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham Publisher Comments A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing archeological sites he uncovered. Early in the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Ancient Peoples & Places Mexico) Publisher Comments Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been completely revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. The... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley Publisher Comments Tyldesley reveals the truth behind the legend in this lively exploration that adds a more human dimension to the tale. 16pp b/w and line drawings.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature - Pre-Columbian to the Present by Miguel 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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The Quest for Immortality: Hidden Treasures of Egypt by Erik Hornung Synopsis Ancient Egyptian antiquities are dominated by art and artifacts depicting the Netherworld -- the alternate universe mummified bodies would enter at the end of their physical lives, where they would live on for eternity. In this dazzling book, photographs... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $17.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Death in Ancient Egypt by Bridget Mcdermott Publisher Comments Life and death are never far apart in Egyptian culture and society, and Bridget McDermott's book looks beyond funerary rites and mummification to explore the beliefs and customs of ordinary people. The book looks at how death occurred - through illness... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean by Andrew Bevan Publisher Comments The societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at any time or anywhere in the world. Stone vessels are therefore a key class of artifact in the... (read more) List Price $127.25 Your price: $12.97 Sale - Hardcover
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and most influential texts of all history. It is made up of a combination of prayers, spells and speeches intended to aid the dead on their ‘journey’ into the afterlife. This... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Egypt by Jon E Lewis Publisher Comments In this new Mammoth volume's variety of firsthand accounts--from papyri, chiseled tablets, court records, temple texts, graffiti, classical Greek and Roman histories--the ancient Egyptian way of life is unfolded in colorful detail with dramatic immediacy.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews Publisher Comments This unique and extraordinary guide to seven major sites of Maya civilization highlights the pioneering work of two great scholars of ancient America. For readers at every level -- from the casual tourist to the serious student -- The Code of Kings... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Aztecs (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Richard F Townsend Publisher Comments Within a hundred years, the Aztecs established the largest empire in Mesoamerican history, and at Tenochtitlan built a vast, shimmering city in a lake, a Venice of the New World. The book ends with a dramatic narrative of the Spanish conquest, as seen... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Brief History of the Vikings the Last Pagans Or the First Modern Europeans by Jonathan Clements Publisher Comments Subtitled, "The Last Pagans Or The First Modern Europeans?". Presents a balanced view of these infamous sea wolves, examining both their supremacy and its supposed end.... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Discoveries: Search for Ancient Greece (Discoveries) by Francoise Etienne Publisher Comments Etienne takes readers on a fascinating voyage of discovery--of ancient Greek civilization and of the people who studied it. Why has Greece served as a model for so many other civilizations? How did technology and politics combine in the growth of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Historical Atlas of the Celtic World by Ian Barnes Publisher Comments This book provides a comprehensive history of the Celts, supported by accurate, detailed maps demonstrating the movements of the people and the major military campaigns and conflicts of the Celts, with engaging, informative text. The Celts made a... (read more) Your price: $33.98 Sale - Hardcover
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