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Ancient Naples A Documentary History Origins to c. 350 CERabun M. Taylor offers the first comprehensive survey of ancient Naples in the English language, tracing the history of the city from its origins into late antiquity. Prof. Taylor discusses the city's physical setting, geography and geology, climate and agriculture, its territory, and the...
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The Indus: Lost CivilizationsThe Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BCE, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and Indian archaeologists. Today,...
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SpinosaurusThe spinosaurus was a fierce dinosaur known for the long sail on its back. It could live on both water and land The high-interest title is a primer for young dinosaur lovers, introducing the iguanodon's habitat, diet, defenses, and more. Alongside the colorful illustrations...
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Bretons and Britons: The Fight for IdentityWhat is it about Brittany that makes it such a favourite destination for the British? To answer this question, Bretons and Britons explores the long history of the Bretons, from the time of the first farmers around 5400 BC to the present, and the...
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The Oxford Handbook of the AztecsThe Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas. Chapters span from the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the Spanish...
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The Power of Ritual In PrehistoryThe Power of Ritual in Prehistory is the first book in nearly a century to deal with traditional secret societies from a comparative perspective and the first from an archaeological viewpoint. Providing a clear definition, as well as the material signatures, of ethnographic secret...
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Lisa in Egypt: About a Ten-Year-Old Girl Who Went to an Archaeological Excavation in EgyptDesigned for children aged 10-14 and their teachers. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout, and tells a romantic story of a ten-year-old girl who went to an archaeological excavation in Egypt. The book is both a learning tool for the home or the classroom....
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Aztecs, Incas & Mayans Similarities and Differences Ancient Civilization Book Fourth Grade Social Studies Children's Geography & Cultures BooksFocus on the similarities and differences of the three ancient cultures that once thrived on Earth: Mayan, Incan and Aztec. Read about the unique features of each civilization. Learn about their cultures, achievements and society, too. By learning about ancient civilizations, children will gain...
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The Gold of the GodsErich von Daniken, whose books have enthralled millions of readers around the world, now presents astonishing new confirmation for his revolutionary theories. From a mysterious system of caves and tunnels (filled with gold!) in Ecuador to the ancient ruins of Nan Madol in Micronesia...
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Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite RenaissanceDuring the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives...
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Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient EgyptIn 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants--scientists, engineers, and artists--his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old...
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Analyzing Collapse: The Rise and Fall of the Old KingdomThis book explores the long-term trends in the development of what was the first complex civilization in history, the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2650-2200 BC), the period that saw the construction of eternal monuments such as Djoser's Step Pyramid complex in Saqqara, the...
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An Epigraphic Guide to Hierapolis of Phrygia (Pamukkale): An Archaeological GuideThis guide aims to present visitors to the site and the museum with some of the most interesting Greek inscriptions that they will encounter, helping to both read and understand them. The excavations conducted by the Italian Archaeological Mission have trebled the number of...
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Olmecas, Zapotecos Y MixtecosAncient civilizations in present-day Tabasco, Veracruz, and Oaxaca contributed their art and ideas to form an area of high culture in Mesoamerica. Intact evidence has been found of the development of Pre-Olmec cultures more than 4,000 years ago in the form of remains of...
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Zamyad Yast: Introduction, Avestan Text, Translation, GlossaryThis edition of one of the most interesting and beatuiful hymns of the Younger Avesta is based on a larger edition of the "Zamyad Yast" in German by the same author. The booklet contains a general introduction to the texts of the Avesta, and,...
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The Vatican NecropolesThis is the first published summary of the entire complex of the great necropoles of Rome, which were situated on Vatican Hill. The work concerns one of the most extensive, richest, and least-known Roman archaeological phenomena and bears witness to the work of creating...
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The VikingsThis book presents a fresh overview of the Vikings from both conceptual and material perspectives. The prevailing image of a Viking is frequently that of a fierce male, associated with military expansion and a distinctive material culture. In an engaging survey, S bj rg...
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The Flow of Power: Ancient Water Systems and LandscapesA major contribution to one of the central themes in social theory, this book integrates multiple case studies of the relationship between water control and social organization. Substantial in empirical detail and featuring powerful theoretical extensions, Scarborough's analysis encompasses early Harappan society in South...
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Adam's Calendar75,000 years ago... early humans built a stone calendar that predates all other man-made structures found to date. Who were they? Why did they need a calendar? This book places the many ancient ruins of southern Africa at a point in history that we...
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Nostratic: Examining a Linguistic MacrofamilyThis volume of essays examines the claim that a linguistic macrofamily can be identified which includes not only the Indo-European and Afroasiatic language families but also the Kartvelian, Uralic, Altaic and Dravidian families. The Nostratic case was put by Aharon Dolgopolsky in his The...
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