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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The search for lost cities The search for lost cities Nicola Barber Discusses such ancient "lost" cities as Machu Picchu, Troy, Knossos, Great Zimbabwe, and Angkor, as well as more modern ghost towns. OL15270254W
Mysteries of Lost Civilisations Mysteries of Lost Civilisations Anne Millard Describes the cultures, cities, people, and objects of ancient civilizations based on evidence from archaeological findings. OL1804517W
Secret cities Secret cities Mike Corbishley Describes cities, covering a time span of 8000 years, which have been excavated or restored, and speculates on the civilization of each as evidenced by what remains. OL1853302W
Cities & citizens Cities & citizens Jane Shuter Introduces the citizens, government, education, philosophy, religion, and sports of the city states of ancient Greece. OL19393925W
The Casma city of El Purgatorio The Casma city of El Purgatorio Melissa A. Vogel Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire. OL19735963W
Political Landscapes of Capital Cities Political Landscapes of Capital Cities Jessica Joyce Christie "[Political Landscapes of Capital Cities] is a welcome contribution to the study of the spatialization of society and suggests paths that anthropologists can take to analyze political space in urban … OL20928786W
Solving the mysteries of Pompeii Solving the mysteries of Pompeii Charlie Samuels Pompeii is one of the world's most famous sites where ancient history can still be explored today. The devastation of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, when mount Vesuvius erupted, has puzzled a… OL24436303W
L'invention de la ville occidentale L'invention de la ville occidentale Vittorio Franchetti Pardo Si la ville n'est pas l'habitat de prédilection de toutes les régions du monde, elle n'en constitue pas moins la manifestation la plus éclatante et tangible du foisonnement et de la grandeur du génie… OL26179520W
Ancient cities Ancient cities Judith Crosher An introduction to some ancient cities of the Middle East, such as Ur, Mohenjo-Daro, and Çatal Hüyük, describing life as it must have been. OL2657977W
Becoming Roman Becoming Roman Greg Woolf Under the emperors' rule, the cultural lives of all Rome's subjects were utterly transformed. This book is a study of this process - conventionally termed 'Romanization' - through an investigation of… OL2744860W
Breve historia de las ciudades del mundo antiguo Breve historia de las ciudades del mundo antiguo Angel Luis Vera Aranda This book presents the history of the great cities of the ancient world, that is, from the appearance of the urban phenomenon until such time that the development of the Greco-Roman classical culture… OL28952928W
Ophir Ophir Smadar Samson “A magical picture book which tells how a small boy was given his name. Loosely based on biblical references, but with a huge element of the child’s imagination, it traces the journey of King Salomon… OL3564227W
The earliest cities The earliest cities Jean-Michel Coblence Discusses the evolution of cities and their importance as centers of civilization and progress, especially in the arts, government, and a new means of communication--writing. OL5093685W
The city The city Kathryn Hinds Describes the social and economic structure of city life during the Renaissance, from about 1400 to 1600, explaining how cities varied in government, commerce, population, and culture, and how they i… OL548423W
Finding the lost cities Finding the lost cities Rebecca Stefoff Explores twelve archeological "lost cities," with accounts of site discovery and investigation of the meaning of recovered objects. OL56014W
Fifty major cities of the Bible Fifty major cities of the Bible John C. H. Laughlin xviii, 246 pages : 23 cm OL5823660W
Zhongguo cheng chi shi Zhongguo cheng chi shi Yuhuan Zhang <Summary in Chinese field only> OL8672827W