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by Phil Grabsky Publisher Comments Uncover the many mysteries of the long-missing "eighth wonder of the world." Built by a now-forgotten civilization that flourished even as Europe languished in the Dark Ages, Borobudur in Central Java is the world's largest Buddhist temple, erected out... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Zofia Archibald Publisher Comments Like an enchanting travelogue back into time, this book takes an extraordinary approach to one of history's greatest civilizations--the world of ancient Greece. It recounts, through a spectacular array of full-color photographs and text, the great... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $3.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Andy Halpin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price $17.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael A Cremo Publisher Comments Over the past two centuries researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people like ourselves existed on earth millions of years ago. But the scientific establishment has suppressed, ignored, or forgotten these remarkable facts. Why? Because... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jack M Sasson Publisher Comments "Civilizations of the Ancient Near East" brings together for the first time in one accessible resource scholarship that was previously scattered in hundreds of monographs and journal articles. One hundred and eighty-nine scholars from all over the world... (read more) List Price $169.95 Your price $150.00 (Used - Set Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Christine El Mahdy Publisher Comments When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth-and seemingly bizarre rituals-of ancient Egypt. What kind of society could produce such... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Marion Schwartz Publisher Comments Drawing on chronicles, ethnographies, archaeological reports, myths, biology, and a rich array of visual materials, Marion Schwartz investigates views about dogs in a wide range of native societies in North and South America. She discusses the early... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Werner Forman Publisher Comments With the help of Werner Forman's beautiful full-color photographs, Egyptologist Stephen Quirke explains the Pyramid Texts, created for kings and queens ca. 2400 to 2100 B.C.; the Coffin Texts, used by the affluent as well as royalty during the Middle... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Hiram Bingham Publisher Comments A stunning tale of a remarkable quest, Inca Land is the first-hand account of the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu, one of the most revered expeditions of all time. In 1911, a young historian set out on a quest that would later be regarded as... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Alessia Amenta Synopsis The boy pharaoh's vast store of tomb goods has intrigued the world not only for what it reveals, but also for the questions it raises about life in ancient Egypt. Interest in the pharaohs will rise again this year to meet the beginning of a two-year tour... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Kay Almere Read Publisher Comments This introduction to the imaginative world of the Mexica (or Aztec) explores sacrifice in the richly textured life of 16th-century Mexico. Kay Almere Read describes a universe in which every object was timed by a given lifespan and in which sacrifice was... (read more) Your price $40.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Douglas Palmer Publisher Comments Fascinating finds allow us to travel back in... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael J Obrien Publisher Comments When James Ford began archaeological fieldwork in 1927, scholars divided time simply into prehistory and history. Though certainly influenced by his colleagues, Ford devoted his life to establishing a chronology for prehistory based on ceramic types, and... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John P Staeck Publisher Comments A brief overview of archaeology that provides a ready understanding of the basic concepts and core issues in contemporary archaeological theory, methods of excavation and analysis, and interpretation.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Alberto Villoldo Publisher Comments Continuing his personal odyssey, Villoldo returns to Peru in searchof the shaman who first guided his spiritual journey.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David Silverman Publisher Comments Lavishly illustrated in color, this book documents a spectacular collection of archaeological and artistic treasures, covering the entire range of Egyptian art -- from Old Kingdom works of the third millennium B.C. to works of the Greco-Roman period... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 2 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words or terms that occur in texts ranging from 3000 B.C. to 600 A.D. Each entry consists of a transliteration of the word, the word in hieroglyphs, and the meaning in English. Indispensable to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Edna Russmann Book News Annotation Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the British Museum, this attractive volume presents 85 objects in full-page color plates. Items include portraits, statues, relief, sculpture, jewelry... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John H Taylor Publisher Comments The 3,000-year-old mummy of the ancient Egyptian priest Nesperennub has never been removed from its beautifully painted case. Like a freshly discovered archaeological site, it contains a wealth of data about the remote past, yet until recently, this... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Christine El Mahdy Publisher Comments The spectacular excavations at Bawiti, Egypt, in the summer of 1999 captured headlines all across the United States and rekindled America's fascination with Ancient Egypt. In that spirit comes this timely volume on the young monarch whose mummified... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $3.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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