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People of the earth
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Brian M. Fagan |
People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years ago. This is… |
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Pathways to the gods
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Erich von Däniken |
A spaceport in the Andes! A computer chart in Egyptian ruins! Primitive sculptures of figures wearing space suits!
Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods stunned the world with the archaeologica… |
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Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
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Erich von Däniken |
Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestselle… |
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On discovery
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Polydore Vergil |
"The Italian humanist Polydore Vergil (1470-1555) was born in Urbino but spent most of his life in early Tudor England. His most popular work, On Discovery (De inventoribus rerum, 1499), was the firs… |
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Dioses, templos y oráculos
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Francisco José Gómez Fernández |
Examines what is known about the religions, beliefs, cults, and methods of divination practiced in the civilizations of the ancient world. |
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The Roman Empire and the Dark Ages
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Giovanni Caselli |
Traces the history of the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages which followed through a description of common objects, tools, clothes, dwellings, food, and day-to-day activities of the people in both the c… |
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Novels (Congo / Eaters of the Dead / Sphere)
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Michael Crichton |
Contains three of Crichton's previously published novels: [Congo][1], set deep in the jungle near the legendary ruins of a lost city; [Sphere][2], set a thousand feet below the surface of the South P… |
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Mysteries of the Ancient World
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Louis de la Haba |
Massive sentinels of stone guard the rock-bound shores of tiny Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Man-made mountains, the pyramids of Egypt loom above the Nile. Sprawling ruins of Minoan palaces sha… |
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Supernatural
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Graham Hancock |
Less than fifty thousand years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the gr… |
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Underworld
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Graham Hancock |
From Graham Hancock, bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hid… |
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Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE
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Edward F. Malkowski |
"A view into the sophisticated and highly advanced civilization that preceded the world of the pharaohs"--Provided by publisher. |
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The ancient visitors
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Daniel Cohen |
Explores the pros and cons of the various theories concerning visits to the earth by "ancient astronauts" or extraterrestrial intelligences. |
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The search for lost cities
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Nicola Barber |
Discusses such ancient "lost" cities as Machu Picchu, Troy, Knossos, Great Zimbabwe, and Angkor, as well as more modern ghost towns. |
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Mysteries of the ancients
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Brian Innes |
Discusses unsolved mysteries left by ancient civilizations including the stone figures on Easter Island, the city built by unknown people on a Bolivian mountain top, and the Great Pyramid of Khufu. |
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Uncovering mummies and other mysteries of the ancient world
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Harrison, Paul |
"Discusses the history, making, and discovery of mummies from around the world"--Provided by publisher. |
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Fingerprints of the gods
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Graham Hancock |
The author presents evidence for "the existence of an ancient advanced civilization--not Atlantis--that predates Egyptian, Hittite, and Chinese cultures"--Publisher. |
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Petra
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T. L. Higley |
Cassia believed the city hidden in rock would protect her from the past-- until it threatened to destroy her future. |
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Genesis revisited
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Zecharia Sitchin |
Traces topics in contemporary science, such as genetic engineering, back to ancient origins, arguing that alien visitors shaped humankind's destiny thousands of years ago. |
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Tutankhamun and other lost tombs
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John Malam |
"Describes the historical circumstances that led to the deaths of and tombs being built for royalty such as Tutankhamun of Egypt, King Phillip II of Macedonia and Prince Liu Sheng of China plus the a… |
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And man created God
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Selina O'Grady |
At the time of Jesus' birth, thousands of people were leaving their families and tribes behind and flocking into brand new multi-ethnic cities. The world was undergoing the first phase of globalizati… |
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