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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to some... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Temples of Ancient Egypt by Byron E Shafer Publisher Comments Five distinguished scholars summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. This first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman... (read more) List Price $75.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary Volume 2 by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 2 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words and 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... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Archaeology of Early Rome and Latium by R Holloway Publisher Comments The archaeology of early Rome has progressed rapidly and dramatically over the last century; most recently with the discovery of the shrine of Aeneas at Lavinium and the reports of the walls of the Romulan city discovered on the city slopes of the... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Gods of the Egyptians, Vol. 1 by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 1 of a two-volume set by one of the foremost Egyptologists contains 16 chapters including The Gods of Egypt, Primitive Gods and Nome-Gods, Hell and the Damned, Ra the Sun-God and His Forms, Hathor and the Hathor-Goddesses, The Horus Gods, and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Art of the Andes (World of Art) by Rebecc Stone Miller Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Mystery of Easter Island by Katherine Routledge Publisher Comments This reprint of adventuress Katherine Routledges classic archeology book on Easter Island was first published in London in 1919. Heavily illustrated with a wealth of old photos, this is a treasure trove of information on Rapa Nui, known in the West as... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Civilization of the American Indian #67: Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind by Miguel Leon Portilla Publisher Comments For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts and literature, the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary Volume 1 by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 1 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words and 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... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times (Yale Nota Bene) by Thomas Martin Publisher Comments In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day by Raymond Faulkner Publisher Comments For millennia, the culture and philosophy of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated artists, historians, and spiritual seekers throughout the world. Now, with this deluxe edition, the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Anithe most beautiful of the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Art of Mesoamerica, Fourth Edition (World of Art) by Mary Ellen Miller Publisher Comments Mary Ellen Miller evocatively surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations—Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztecas well as those of their less well-known contemporaries. Their pyramids and palaces, jades and brightly... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Etruscan Art (World of Art) by Nigel Jonath Spivey Publisher Comments The Etruscans were the most powerful force in central Italy until Roman unification of the peninsula. Vestiges of their art, architecture, and unique language have long intrigued scholars, and the search for this mysterious civilization continues to fire... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Pompeii: The Vanished City by Time Life Books Publisher Comments Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Vikings Rev Edition by Else Roesdahl Publisher Comments Far from being just "wild, barbaric, ax-wielding pirates," the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia, and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel, and far-flung colonization... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Maya World: Yucatec Culture and Society, 1550-1950 by Matthew Restall Publisher Comments This pathbreaking work is a social and cultural history of the Maya peoples of the province of Yucatan.... (read more) List Price $38.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Gods of the Egyptians Volume 2 by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments Volume 2 of a two-volume set by one of the foremost Egyptologists contains 20 chapters including Amen, and Amen-Ra, and the Triad of Thebes; Hapi, the God of the Nile; The Triad of Elephantine; Osiris; Isis; miscellaneous gods of the winds, senses... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Temples, Tombs, & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz Publisher Comments An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world—the acclaimed classic history of ancient Egypt, now newly revised and updated Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Hengeworld by Mike Pitts Publisher Comments By the author of the highly acclaimed Fairweather Eden, and Joint winner of the British Archaeology Press Award. As famous as it is mysterious, Stonehenge lies at the heart of a lost civilization that spanned five centuries, a civilization that now lies... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World by David Sacks Synopsis From science to religion, politics to mathematics, and art to medicine, there are very few areas of our modern lives that are not in some way affected by classical Greece. Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World provides interdisciplinary coverage of... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |