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Seville, Granada, and Cordoba: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) by Elizabeth Nash Publisher Comments Spain's southern city of Seville basks in romantic myths and legends, evoking the scent of jasmine and orange blossom. But there is an ascetic core to its sybaritic spirit. For all their fame as passionate performers, the poet Unamuno called Sevillanos... (read more) Your price: $46.00 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: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ancient Egyptians: Beliefs & Practices by A Rosalie David Publisher Comments This book traces the evolution of religious beliefs and practices within the historical and political contexts of the main periods of Egypt's civilization. It shows how historical and political events influenced state cults, temple rituals and funerary... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico by Anthony F Aveni Publisher Comments From reviews of the first edition: . . . a clear, well-written introduction to archaeoastronomy that should be on the shelf of anyone interested in the subject.--Archaeology . . . a splendid book, interesting both as science and as history.--Sky and... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Queens of Ancient Egypt by Rosanna Pirelli Publisher Comments A fascinating survey of the role and status of the female rulers of Egypt documented with hundreds of superb reproductions and graphics, this authoritative volume provides a fascinating exploration of the role and status of the queens of ancient Egypt... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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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Egypt: Pharaonic Period (Dictionaries of Civilization) by Alessia Fassone Publisher Comments This beautifully designed pocket reference--more a compact encyclopedia than a dictionary--presents ancient Egypt in stunningly-produced photographs and concise textual descriptions of Egyptian art, culture, and government. Not merely a travel guide... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland by Clive Ruggles Synopsis Do prehistoric stone monuments in Britain and Ireland incorporate deliberate astronomical alignments, and if so, what is their purpose and meaning? This work provides an account of megalithic astronomy debates and examines prehistoric man's concern with... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $42.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land by Nina Burleigh Publisher Comments In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on the world's front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit number one in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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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From Egypt to Babylon: The International Age 1550-500 BC by Paul Collins Publisher Comments For those who believe that globalization is a purely modern phenomenon, this book holds a startling and absorbing lesson. From Egypt to Babylon immerses readers in a world of exotic empires and states as they waxed and waned and interacted in a period... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Animas?la Plata Project, Volume III: Blue Mesa Excavations by Jason P Chuipka Publisher Comments This volume of the Animas–La Plata series describes the results of excavations on Blue Mesa, a borrow area just south of Durango, Colorado, as part of the Animas–La Plata (ALP) Project. In 2002 and 2003, SWCA excavated seven sites, all of which... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Villa of the Birds: The Excavation and Preservation of the Kom Al-Dikka Mosaics (American Research Center in Egypt Conservation) by Wojciech Kolataj Publisher Comments Stunning new discoveries beneath Egypt??'s second... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales by Byron De Prorok Publisher Comments This is de Prorok's tale of his archeological expedition into Abyssinia (now called Ethiopia) in 1933-34. Hardly the patient scientist, Prorok tells about raiding tombs, flirting with native women, outrunning murderous warlords, spying on magical cults... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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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 $55.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Magic Stones: The Secret World of Ancient Megaliths by Jan Pohribny Publisher Comments The megalithic monuments of Europe are among the oldest and the most mysterious structures in the world. From the sun-drenched temples of Malta and the great tombs and alignments of Brittany and Britain to the labyrinths of icy Finland, this fascinating... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $34.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia by Milbry Polk Publisher Comments In April of 2003, the world reacted in shock at the news of the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Priceless antiquities, spanning ten thousand years of human history, were smashed into pieces or stolen, and one of the most important storehouses of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Swca Anthropological Research Paper #10: Animas-La Plata Project, Volume IV: Ridges Basin Excavations: Eastern Basin Sites by Thomas Yoder Publisher Comments This volume of the Animas-La Plata series describes the results of excavations at 12 sites in the eastern end of the Ridges Basin approximately 2 miles south of Durango, Colorado, as part of the Animas-La Plata (ALP) Project. Between 2002 and 2005 SWCA... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $27.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beneath the Sands of Egypt: Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist by Donald P. Ryan Publisher Comments From the known to the unknown . . . With its spectacular temples, tombs, monuments, and mummies, as well as esoteric metaphysics, legendary historical characters, and connections to the Bible, ancient Egypt has enticed the human imagination for centuries.... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times by Michael Kerrigan Publisher Comments Death may be universal, but just as every culture has found ways of living life differently, each has also found different and sometimes extraordinary ways to deal with dying and the effects that it has on the people left behind. This wide-ranging book... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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