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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to some... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller by James Patterson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life in Ancient Egypt by Adolf Erman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (00 Edition) by Brian Fagan Publisher Comments This Pulitzer Prize-winning treatise explores patterns and symbols in the disciplines of mathematics, art, and musical... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Popol Vuh : The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock Publisher Comments Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally Staff Pick 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) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction by Geoffrey E Braswell Publisher Comments I can say unequivocally that this volume will become a basic and heavily used reference and source of ideas. . . . Geoff Braswell is to be commended for bringing together so solid, comprehensive, pertinent, and balanced a compilation of research and... (read more) Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Pyramids of Egypt: Revised Edition by I E S Edwards Synopsis 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) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 Publisher Comments 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) List Price $31.25 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Before California (Images of America) by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume 1 the Old by Mariam Lichtheim Synopsis Chronologically arranged translations of ancient Egyptian writings shed light upon the development of diverse literary forms. Bibliogs.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Field Guide To Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Sout by Alex Patterson Publisher Comments This is the only specifically designed key to the interpretation of American rock art. The Field Guide brings together 600 commentaries on specific symbols by over 100 archaeologists, researchers, and Native American informants. Covers the northern... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Development of Southeastern Archaeology by Jay K Johnson Book News Annotation Ten scholars of diverse specialties--e.g. ethnohistory, remote sensing, lithic analysis, bioarchaeology--chronicle changes in the way prehistory in the Southeast has been studied since the 19th century, discussing the theories and methods that have... (read more) List Price $41.50 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dwellers on the Nile by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments 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) List Price $9.95 Your price: $1.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed by Zahi Hawass Publisher Comments A leading archaeologist presents a richly illustrated study of the the intriguing wall paintings found in the royal tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, featuring more than three hundred reproductions of the murals and artworks, accompanied by an in... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $40.00 Used - Hardcover
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Buried Alive: The Startling Truth about Neanderthal Man by Jack Cuozzo Publisher Comments In 1979, New Jersey orthodontist Jack Cuozzo was granted access to the world's most famous Neanderthal skeletons in Germany, France, and Israel. His interest in the mysterious remains began as mere curiosity about these ancient creatures. His findings... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Companion to Archaeology by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments 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) List Price $98.95 Your price: $29.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World: Unlocking the Secrets of Past Civilizations by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments An intriguing book that draws on modern science and the latest research to explore some of archaeology's most baffling controversies and enigmas, from human origins and evolution to the mysterious collapse of once-powerful civilizations. 431... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rise & Fall of the Maya Civilization by J. Eric and S. Thompson Publisher Comments Ever since the discovery of the magnificent ruins of the Maya cities in the Central American jungles, men have speculated about this stone-age people, who without metal tools, without beasts of burden, without even a knowledge of the wheel, developed... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lost Tomb by Kent R Weeks Publisher Comments Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy feet below the surface of Egypt's Valley of the Kings he found the largest and most complicated mausoleum yet discovered, the tomb of Ramesses II's sons. Now for the first time, Weeks shares up-to-the-... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.40 Used - Trade Paper
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