Title:
Mysteries of the ancient world
Author:
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.
ISBN:
9780870442544
Publication Information:
[Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Society, ©1979.
Physical Description:
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
Introduction : enigmas from the past -- Ice Age hunters : artists in hidden caves -- Roots of the city : Jericho and Çatal Hüyük -- Egypt's pyramids : monuments of the Pharaohs -- Ancient India : cities lost in time -- Megaliths : Europe's silent stones -- Minoans : a joyous people vanishes in myth -- Mycenaeans : warrior-merchants of Greece -- Etruscans : festive in life, lavish in death -- Easter Island : brooding sentinels of stone.
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