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The Book of the Dead by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Including the Hieroglyphic Transcript and English Translation of the Papyrus of Ani Fascinating compendium of ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs and magical practices. Includes spells, incantations, hymns, magical formulas and prayers. All... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Getty Murua: Essays on the Making of the "Historia General del Piru," J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. Ludwig XIII 16 by Thomas Cummins Publisher Comments Here is a set of essays on Historia general del Piru that discuss not only the manuscript's physical components--quires and watermarks, scripts and pigments--but also its relation to other Andean manuscripts, Inca textiles, European portraits, and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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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: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ramses II: Magnificence on the Nile by Time Life Publisher Comments Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Egypt's Sunken Treasures by Franck Goddio Synopsis In the shallow waters of Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt, the ruins of three ancient cities??????Alexandria, Heraklion, and Canopus??????lie along with valuable clues to the way their citizens lived and worshipped. The French underwater archaeologist... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $29.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing by Stephen D Houston Publisher Comments The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform.<P>Using classic articles taken from... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price: $55.00 Used - Hardcover
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Archaeological Atlas of Prehistoric Europe: Archeologicky Atlas Evropy by Miroslav (edt) Buchvaldek Publisher Comments A collaborative effort of the Archaeological Institutes of the universities of Prague and Vienna, Atlas of the Prehistoric Archaeology of Europe documents the spread of prehistoric cultures across Europe from the Paleolithic era to the end of the... (read more) List Price $136.25 Your price: $122.25 New - Hardcover
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Chogha Mish 2 Volumes Set First Five Seasons by Pinhas Delougaz Publisher Comments Nearly twenty-eight years after the completion of the first five seasons at the Chogha Mish site in Iran, the first of the final reports is now available. The site turned out to be highly significant for the wide range of protoliterate and prehistoric... (read more) Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover
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Excavations At Serra East Volume 10 by Bruce Beye Williams Publisher Comments In 1961/62 and 1963/64, the Oriental Nubian Expedition excavated cemeteries, the ancient fortress, and the late Christian town of Serra East in northern Sudan. This volume, the first in a series of reports, looks at the ancient burials and outlying... (read more) Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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The San Rocco Villa at Francolise by M. Aylwin Cotton Synopsis Full report on the 1962-6 excavations of the villa and on the finds, with discussion of the region.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $3.75 Used - Hardcover 
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Elmali-Karatas I: The Neolithic & Chalcolithic Periods: Bagbasi & Other Sites by Christine Eslick Publisher Comments Fragmentary architecture, but rich pottery deposits were discovered during investigations of the earliest periods of prehistory in the Lycian plain. This is an excavation report with pottery and lithic catalogues.... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Noubadian X Group Remains for Royal Cemetery by Bruce Beye Williams Publisher Comments The excavations at these cemeteries provide a full range of X-Group objects, dated to the fourth through sixth centuries a.d. Of special interest is the military equipment, including many decorated quivers, parts of several unusual light composite bows... (read more) Your price: $4.00 Used - Hardcover
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6g Ash Tip & Its Contents Cultic & Admin by Anthony Green Publisher Comments Volume four in the British School of Archaeology in Iraq's study of the city of Abu Salabikh. Volume Four is a two-volume set, with the first book containing the text and the second book containing the plates.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sixth Palenque Round Table, 1986 by Merle G Robertson Book News Annotation Thirty-four papers from the distinguished Maya conference address various aspects of Mayan life, including the structure of the nobility and royal privileges, religion and rituals, architecture and ceramics, art styles and iconography, demography and... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun by T G H James Publisher Comments Until now the amazing account of Howard Carter's quest for Tutankhamun and its culmination in his unearthing of the intact treasure-filled tomb has been unreliably told. This definitive biography reveals the truth behind the legendary discovery in the... (read more) List Price $201.95 Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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Griffin: On the Route of an Indiaman by Franck Goddio Publisher Comments In this publication Franck Goddio presents the final results and conclusions of fifteen years of patient efforts of research, restoration and preservation of the thousands of items found on the wreck of the honourable East India Company ship Griffin... (read more) List Price $220.00 Your price: $43.97 Sale - Slipcase
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Inka Storage Systems by Terry Y Levine Book News Annotation Anthropologists and archaeologists explore how the Inka of pre- Columbian Yucatan integrated the technology of food storage with the political administrative system. Theoretical studies and reports of excavations combine to paint a picture of how... (read more) Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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A.D. 1250: Ancient Peoples of the Southwest by Lawrence W Cheek Synopsis Explore one of the Southwest's most enduring mysteries: the unexplained disappearance of five once-thriving ancient Indian civilizations around A.D. 1250. What happened to the people? Why did they leave? Where did they go? Travel with author Lawrence W... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs by Time Life List Price $29.95 Your price: $5.20 Used - Hardcover
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The Age of god-kings :time frame--3000-1500 BC by Time Life List Price $19.93 Your price: $4.00 Used - Hardcover
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