African Connections: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World (African Archaeology Series)
by Peter Mitchell


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From the exodus of early modern humans to the growth of African diasporas, Africa has had a long and complex relationship with the outside world. More than a passive vessel manipulated by external empires, the African experience has been a complex mix of... (read more)

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Serpent in the Sky: the High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt
by John Anthony West


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This revised edition of West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accpeted as dogma concerning this ancient and enigmatic land. It features a new introduction linking Egyptian science with the... (read more)

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Discoveries: Celts (Discoveries)
by Christiane Eluere


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The story of the Celtic people begins with their expansion throughout Europe in the 4th century B.C. Because they left no written record, their culture has been reconstructed entirely from archaeological finds and accounts left by Roman historians... (read more)

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Daily Life of the Etruscans
by Jacques Heurgon


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The Etruscans were the most important--and remarkable--of the peoples who inhabited early Italy. But when the Romans gained supremacy, the distinctive Etruscan culture gradually disappeared. This masterly re-creation of the lives of a now-forgotten... (read more)

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Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600 (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
by Andy Halpin


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Ireland is a country rich in archaeological sites. Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide provides the ultimate handbook to this fascinating heritage. Contains over 250 plans and illustrations of Ireland's major archaeological treasures and covers sites... (read more)

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Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
by Joyce Tyldesley


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The classic account of Egypt's most famous queennow fully revised For over a decade, Nefertiti, wife of the heretic king Akhenaten, was the most influential woman in the Bronze Age world: a beautiful queen blessed by the sun god, adored by her family... (read more)

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The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
by Johan Reinhard


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This book takes armchair adventurers and archaeological enthusiasts not only to the excavation, but back through Peruvian history as it revisits the 1995 discovery of the mummy of a 14-year-old who died or was sacrificed some 530 years ago.... (read more)

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Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization
by A Leo Oppenheim


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"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book... (read more)

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Daily Life of the Aztecs
by Jacques Soustelle


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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)

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Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Practical Guide
by Janice Kamrin


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What do the enigmatic images on ancient Egyptian artifacts mean? What royal names adorn the walls of some of the world's oldest temples? What kind of lives did the people buried in the ancient tombs lead? The keys to unlock this fascinating civilization... (read more)

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Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakers
by John Romer


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One of the best-known historians working today, and a world-renowned expert on the ancient world, presents a brilliant account of the lives of the stonemasons, scribes, and painters who created some of Egypt's finest treasures. Illustrated with both... (read more)

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Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
by Andrew Collins


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Focussing its startling argument on lost papyrus documents found in the tomb, Tutankhamun questions the historical wisdom and biblical evidence of the Exodus, investigating the issues of land ownership and occupation which are still so typical in the... (read more)

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The Vikings: Culture and Conquest
by Martin Arnold


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Piecing together commentaries from sources contemporary to the Viking Age, archaeological findings, and later histories to give a full picture of the Vikings, their origins, their impact, their demise, and their legacy, "The Vikings" is a concise and... (read more)

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Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh
by Joyce Tyldesley


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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)

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Discoveries: Search for Ancient Egypt (Discoveries)
by Jean Vercoutter


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Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more)

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Mastery and Uses of Fire in Antiquity
by J. E. Rehder


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The technological achievements that make contemporary society possible are the result of some ten thousand years of development of the intentional use of fire, yet there is surprisingly little information on the practice and importance of pyrotechnology.... (read more)

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Digging Through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist
by Carmel Schrire


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In Digging through Darkness, Carmel Schrire interweaves art and fact to recreate a distant world. She combines autobiography, historical archaeology, and fictional reconstructions to explore the roots and consequences of colonial conquest in Africa... (read more)

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The Early Upper Paleolithic Beyond Western Europe
by Jeffrey Brantingham


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Prominent archaeologists present new archaeological evidence from Europe and Asia that bears on the origin of modern humans and their culture. This evidence collectively suggests that modern human behavior emerged gradually and across a broad geographic... (read more)

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