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Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: A Chronicle of an Incan Treasure by Peter Lourie Publisher Comments Eight billion dollars' worth of Inca gold and silver are rumored to be hidden in an unmapped region of the Andes. This is the captivating story of that fabled treasure and the centuries-old spell it has cast on many, including a young American student... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture by Leonard Barkan Publisher Comments The rediscovery of some of the most famous artworks of all time--statues lying underground beneath Rome--launched a thrilling archaeological adventure in the 15th century. In this remarkable book, Barkan probes the impact of these magnificent finds on... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Origin Map: Discovery of a Prehistoric, Megalithic, Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the Universe by Thomas G Brophy Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128).... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The World of the Celts by Simon James Publisher Comments "Richly illustrated&#133; sheds a strong light on the art and life of a gifted people."--"Houston Chronicle" <BR>Warlike, flamboyant, courageous--the ancient Celts had a fearsome reputation. For five hundred years they dominated the lands north... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Arrowheads and Projectile Points (Artifacts and Collectibles) by Lar Hothem Publisher Comments Projectile points of American Indians have long been objects of interest to students and historians. This arrowhead book has hundreds of photos, information about geographic origin, methods of production, sizes, and a special section on detecting fakes... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Lost World of the Kimberley: Extraordinary New Glimpses of Australia's Ice Age Ancestors by Ian Wilson Publisher Comments This provocative anthropological study offers insights into the thousands of paintings found in small, raised&nbsp; caves on cliff faces in the remote and rugged Kimberley Ranges of Northwest Australia. With lithe, graceful, human figures depicted in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list A Field Guide to Mysterious Places of the West by Salvatore M Trento Synopsis Maverick archaeologist Sal Trento guides the curious explorer to hundreds of inexplicable sites, geological and archaeological, from the Taos "Hum" to the "Winter Solstice Sunrise Petroglyphs" of Los Angeles. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $7.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt by Lynn Meskell Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Egypt's Legacy: The Archetypes of Western Civilization 3000 to 30 BC by Michael Rice Publisher Comments In "Egypt's Legacy," Michael Rice reviews the majesty of the history of Ancient Egypt from 3000-30 BC. Drawing upon Jungian analytical psychology, he argues that our interest in Egypt stems from a conscious acknowledgement of its achievements and an... (read more) Your price $60.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Mummy Congress by Heather Pringle Synopsis In 1998, Heather Pringle visited the remote Chilean port of Arica for the World Congress on Mummy Studies. This book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers and academics who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Archaeology on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment by Richard Parkinson Publisher Comments THE ROSETTA STONE has become an instantly recognizable icon of script and decipherment and is one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world. Discovered by Napoleon's troops at the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799, the granitoid... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Greek Sculptures: Volume Two, an Exploration by Andrew Stewart Synopsis An account of large-scale Greek sculpture from the Dark Ages to Augustus (C.1200-30 BC). The first part introduces Greek art and culture. Part Two provides a chronological history of Greek sculpture and the third part analyzes evidence for the lives and... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Riddles of the Sphinx by Paul Jordan Publisher Comments "I strongly recommend this book. A valuable contribution."<BR>"--Dr. Rosalie David, Keeper of Egyptology, The Manchester Museum" When we think of "The Sphinx," two notions come to mind: the massive carving at the edge of the Libyan desert by Cairo... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Egyptian Language by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Budge gives the history of hieroglyphic writing, its evolution into hieratic and demotic scripts, and the fascinating tale of its decipherment by Young, Champollion, akerblad, and others.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Colouring the Past: The Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research by Andrew Jones Publisher Comments Colour shapes our world in profound, if sometimes subtle, ways. It helps us to classify, form opinions, and make aesthetic and emotional judgements. Colour operates in every culture as a symbol, a metaphor, and as part of an aesthetic system. Yet... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Tomb of Tutankamen (National Geographic Adventure Classics) by Howard Carter Publisher Comments Introduction by Anthony Brandt.<P>&#147; Feverishly we cleared away...the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.... We made a tiny breach in the top left hand corner to see what was beyond.<P>... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Celtic Realms by Myles Dillon Synopsis This survey of the history and culture of the Celtic peoples covers the whole period from their prehistoric origins to the Norman invasion of Britain.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Ceramic Production in the American Southwest by Barbara J Mills Publisher Comments This volume covers nearly 1,000 years of southwestern prehistory and history, focusing on ceramic production in a number of environmental and economic contexts.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs (Brassey's Military Profiles) by Peter Tsouras Publisher Comments He surrendered the throne of his forefathers and an empire to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Interpretation of Archaeological Spatial Patterning by Ellen M Kroll Book News Annotation Papers presented at a symposium on [title] organized at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held May 1987 in Toronto, Canada. The five papers which comprise part 1 focus on ethnoarchaeological and experimental research; the... (read more) List Price $89.00 Your price $60.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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