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Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The ancient world saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. In mainstream history the Classical world is dominated by Greece and Rome, and the Biblical world is centred on the Hebrews. Yet the roughly four-and-a-half thousand years (4000 BC-AD 550) covered in this book saw many peoples come and go within the brawling, multi-cultural mass of humanity that occupied the ancient Middle East, Mediterranean and beyond. While a handful of ancient...
2) Early humans
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Language
English
Description
Text and photographs present a description of early humans, their origins, their tools and weapons, how they hunted and foraged for food, and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic.
Author
Publisher
FrontLine
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Is it possible that behind what is taking place in America and the world lies a mystery that goes back to the gods of the ancient world...and that they now have returned? The Return of the Gods is the most explosive book Jonathan Cahn has ever written. It is so explosive and so revealing that no description here could do it justice. Jonathan Cahn is known for revealing the stunning mysteries, many from ancient times, that lie behind and are playing...
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Language
English
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"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" --
Get off the beaten path, and brush off your bucket list! Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, this volume celebrates the strangest...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Embark on an unforgettable trip into the historical glories of the past with these 24 lectures that immerse you in the history of an often overlooked region of the ancient world. With Professor Harl as your guide, you'll plunge into the history of Asia Minor's great ancient civilizations and come face to face with eye-opening historical milestones. Among these: the rise of the Hittites, the legendary Trojan War, the birth of Western philosophy, the...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Analyzes the influence of Greek and Roman history on modern society, revealing how the Greeks and Romans built formidable empires, had successful political models, and created cultural establishments that continue to influence everyday aspects of contemporary life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
These 24 extraordinary lectures offer you the rare opportunity to relate your own spiritual questions to a variety of ancient quests for meaning and transcendence. Professor Muesse looks at the historical conditions in which the world religions arose and explores how they answered shared metaphysical and human dilemmas. The Axial Age - a pivotal era between 800 and 200 B.C.E. - saw the rise of many of the world's religions in Iran, South Asia, and...
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Language
English
Description
"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Over the years, startling evidence has neen uncovered, challenging established notions of the origins of life on Earth--evidence that suggests the existence of an advanced group of extraterrestrials who once inhabited our world.
Author
Series
Secrets of the sands volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"In her search for answers, Sesha must find a priceless scroll for the pharaoh. Sesha and Ky, children of the pharaoh's royal physician, are left charming snakes and stealing food to survive after a brutal fire takes their parents and their home. Unsure of whom to trust, the pair are found and brought back to the palace, despite misgivings that the royals are somehow involved in their parents' deaths. Sesha is tasked with finding the rare and valuable...
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 7
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The groundbreaking, bestselling series-millions of copies sold worldwide!
A classic of ancient human history-and one of the inspirations behind the History Channel's Ancient Aliens-Zecharia Sitchin's Earth Chronicles series is the revelatory and deeply provocative masterwork that forever altered humankind's view of our history and our destiny.
The fantastic conclusion to the groundbreaking Earth Chronicles series brings together past and present...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, 'I see wonderful things.' Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Marrs shifts through the historical, scientific and cultural record, showing how numerous ancient texts and tables tell of visitors from the stars colonizing the Earth. Were these visitors simple observers, or did they play a much more active and controlling role?
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the late 8th to early 7th century BC, Scythian steppe warriors conquered Central Eurasia and peripheral regions in Iran and China, revolutionizing the local cultures. A nomadic herding people who lived with their cats in felt-tent homes on wheels, the Scythians spread their complex, mobile, highly innovative culture into the frontiers of Southeast Europe, the Near East, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. They produced the world's first "global"...
Publisher
Merge Games
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Awaken... Begin a quiet journey of discovery and companionship after rousing the slumbering spirit of the North."--page [4] of cover.
"Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. The story takes Root from various pieces of Nordic folklore. The game is unique in that it purposefully has no dialog or narrative. Players must breathe in their surroundings to solve...
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What better way to learn about the people of the Stone Age than through the story of a Stone Age family, trying out new discoveries? This graphic novel takes readers back in time in a fun and unique way. The book has three chapters that cover humanity's major discoveries of the time: the discovery of fire, cave paintings, and the wheel. Entertaining characters answer questions readers may have about life during the Stone Age and how each discovery...
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English
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Spanning the years from c.5000 B.C. to the early centuries A.D., the Nile Valley civilization was one of the earliest created by humankind. It remains one of the most fascinating and influential. This book offers a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian history, from Predynastic times to the Old and New Kingdoms to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. It examines a culture whose art, architecture, religion, and medicine came to form the basis of Western...
19) Lost cities
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.
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English
Description
Immediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods endures as proof that Earth has been visited repeatedly by advanced aliens from other worlds. Here, Erich von Däniken examines ancient ruins, lost cities, spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Däniken's theory that we are the descendants of these galactic...
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