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Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
by Roger Atwood
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Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey... ( read more)
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Flintknapping: Making and Understanding Stone Tools
by John C Whittaker
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Flintknapping is an ancient craft enjoying a resurgence of interest among both amateur and professional students of prehistoric cultures. In this new guide, John C. Whittaker offers the most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available and the... ( read more)
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Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh
by Joyce Tyldesley
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Tyldesley reveals the truth behind the legend in this lively exploration that adds a more human dimension to the tale. 16pp b/w and line drawings.... ( read more)
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Stonehenge
by Robin Heath
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Once part of a large culture of stone circles, Stonehenge — built around 3000 B.C. and developed over the next 1,500 years — is the most famous. The remains of a once-wealthy and evidently learned tribal community, it reflects the apparently... ( read more)
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Dover Pictorial Archives #2: Egyptian Magic
by E A Wallis Budge
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Sums up all that is known about magic in Ancient Egypt: the role of magic in controlling the gods, powerful amulets that warded off evil spirits, scarabs of immortality, use of wax images, formulas and spells, the secret name, much more.... ( read more)
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Understanding Heiroglyphs: Complete Introductory Guide
by Hilary Wilson
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Hieroglyphs depict a vivid picture of everyday Egyptian life of long ago. Readers can decode these hieroglyphs on their own with the help of this easy-to-follow, fully illustrated book.... ( read more)
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Janaab' Pakal of Palenque: Reconstructing the Life and Death of a Maya Ruler
by Vera Tiesler
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Excavations of Maya burial vaults at Palenque, Mexico, half a century ago revealed what was then the most extraordinary tomb finding of the pre-Columbian world; its discovery has been crucial to an understanding of the dynastic history and ideology of... ( read more)
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Life in Ancient Egypt
by Adolf Erman
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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)
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Aztecs & Maya
by Nick James
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This overview of the whole of Middle America from earliest times to today begins by tracing the first development of villages and chiefdoms and the role of the Olmecs in unifying the region. The core of the book is devoted to the gigantic monuments of... ( read more)
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Guide To Stone Circles of Britain Ireland 2ND Edition
by Aubrey Burl
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From Stonehenge to Callanish, from Newgrange to Er-Lannic, great prehistoric stone circles have drawn thousands of admiring visitors to their sites every year. This practical and knowledgeable guidebook is the first to deal comprehensively with the stone... ( read more)
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The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen, Vol. 2: The Burial Chamber (Duckworth Egyptology)
by Howard Carter
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"The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen: The Burial Chamber" was originally published in 1927 as the second volume of Carter's trilogy and records the work of the second and third seasons at the excavation of the tomb.... ( read more)
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Pompeii Day a City Died
by Robert Etienne
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Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... ( read more)
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In Small Things Forgotten Rev Edition
by James Deetz
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History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks... ( read more)
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Forbidden Archeology
by Michael A Cremo
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Meet the Book that Sparked a Major Controversy
Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that modern humans have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however has suppressed these facts. Prejudices based on... ( read more)
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World Prehistory a Brief Introduction 7TH Edition
by Brian M Fagan
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Written by one of the leading archaeological writers in the world–in a simple, jargon-free narrative style–this brief, well-illustrated account of the major developments in the human past makes world prehistory uniquely accessible to complete... ( read more)
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Who's Who in the Ancient Near East (Who's Who)
by Gwendolyn Leick
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What do we know of the historical Nebuchadnezzar? Who were the Hittites? When did Isaiah preach? How did Jezebel get her bad reputation? Why did Alexander the Great set fire to Persepolis?
From the celebrated to the notorious, Gwendolyn Leick's... ( read more)
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Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death, and Embalming of Horemkenesi (Title Page Only) (Egyptian Bookshelf)
by John H Taylor
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Horemkenesi was an Egyptian priest and official who lived at Thebes in the eleventh century B.C. The unwrapping and scientific examination of his mummified body (the last such investigation to have been carried out in Britain) provided a rare opportunity... ( read more)
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Civilization before Greece and Rome
by H.W.F. Saggs
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"Saggs has a knack for drawing together the most telling details from the jumble of cultural data and presenting them in such a way that we truly see each culture as it was at its zenith, and its heritage to the world. An especially informative look at... ( read more)
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Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600 (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
by Andy Halpin
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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)
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The Celts: An Illustrated History
by Helen Litton
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Nicknamed "Ireland's Bastille, " Dublin Castle was one of the places attacked during the Rising, and it played its role in both the maintenance of the old rule, and the arrival of the new.... ( read more)
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