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The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller
by James Patterson
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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)
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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
by Brian M Fagan
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When we think of archaeology, most of us think first of its many spectacular finds: the legendary city of Troy, Tutankhamun's golden tomb, the three-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, the mile-high city at Machu Picchu, the cave paintings at Lascaux.... ( read more)
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Books of the Dead (Art & Imagination Series)
by Stanislav Grof
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The art of dying and the posthumous journey of the soul have been the subject of extensive literature in many cultures. This book considers some of these most important works: the ancient Egyptian funerary texts; the Tibetan Bardo Thodol; and the Maya... ( read more)
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The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
by Christine Kenneally
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The First Word is a fascinating search for the origins of language, which takes the reader through genetics, evolution, and the process of defining language itself. Christine Kenneally is a capable guide to answering this difficult and complex question... ( read more)
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology
by Paul G Bahn
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This is the fullest and most authoritative single-volume account of archaeology from the earliest discoveries to the great excavations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Lavishly illustrated throughout and global in scope, it tells the story of... ( read more)
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The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews
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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)
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The Pyramids of Egypt: Revised Edition
by I E S Edwards
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Surveying 1000 years of pyramid-building, the author charts the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments, from the mastabas of the first and second dynasties and the step pyramids to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle... ( read more)
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Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
by Kenneth L Feder
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Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaohs curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly... ( read more)
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Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island (Lisa Drew Books)
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg
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The result is an exciting personal story, set against the drama of Katherine's remarkable exploration of one of the most intriguing archaeological sites in the world.... ( read more)
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Early Greeks
by R J Hopper
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There has long been a need for a book which comprehensively takes account of the Greek Bronze Age, the transition to the Early Iron Age, the age of migration to Asia Minor and the period of colonisation of the Mediterranean, since it is clear that the... ( read more)
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Incas People of the Sun
by Carmen Bernard
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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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Before California (Images of America)
by Brian M Fagan
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What did California look like before Hollywood? Before the Gold Rush? Before the missions? Brian Fagan, the best known popular archaeology writer in America, is your tour guide on a fascinating trip across the Golden State before the arrival of Europeans.... ( read more)
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Ancient Egyptian Literature, a Book of Readings #1: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol. 1: Old and Middle Kingdoms
by Miriam Lichtheim
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Chronologically arranged translations of ancient Egyptian writings shed light upon the development of diverse literary forms. Bibliogs.... ( read more)
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The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age
by Walter Burkert
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The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a... ( read more)
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Life in Ancient Egypt
by Adolf Erman
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The most thoroughly detailed account -- including material not found in more recent books -- of domestic life, religion, magic, medicine, commerce, and more in ancient Egypt. Illustrations include tomb paintings, carvings, more.... ( read more)
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Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (00 Edition)
by Brian Fagan
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning treatise explores patterns and symbols in the disciplines of mathematics, art, and musical... ( read more)
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Pompeii Day a City Died
by Robert Etienne
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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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Album of Maya Architecture
by Tati Proskouriakoff
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"An unique source of information for the interested general reader and the professional archaeologist.... Proskouriakoff has combined her architectural, archaeological, and scientific knowledge with a delineator's talent, to present graphically the... ( read more)
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The Dwellers on the Nile
by E A Wallis Budge
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Beginning with a history of ancient Egypt, the author then discusses daily life of the people, examines the Egyptian family and school, furniture, jewelry, food and drink, work and play; the Egyptian religion, medicine, much mmore.<BR>... ( read more)
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Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript
by Gisele Diaz
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First publication of remarkable repainting of outstanding Mexican codex — priceless original is in Vatican Library — thought to have originated in the Cholula area, ca. AD 1400. 76 large full-color plates show an astounding array of gods... ( read more)
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