Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Return to Babylon Return to Babylon Brian M. Fagan In the barren landscape between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, adventurers of the nineteenth century suspected that the remains of fabled kingdoms lay beneath the sands. As they dug into the mounds… OL103269W
Grahame Clark Grahame Clark Brian M. Fagan "To chronicle the intellectual life of Grahame Clark (1907-1995) is to participate in the history of the discipline of archaeology, which Clark - almost single-handedly at first - transformed from an… OL15078343W
Encyclopedia of archaeology Encyclopedia of archaeology Tim Murray "This three-volume work bridges a long-existing gap by successfully filling the space between scholarly and popular coverage. Taking a global perspective, this 500-entry set contains articles on the … OL16923759W
Pioneer in space and time Pioneer in space and time Brent Richards Weisman "This biography of John Mann Goggin recounts the story of Florida archaeology from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the present through the life of its most influential pioneer, a charismatic per… OL1927379W
Young Lawrence Young Lawrence Anthony Sattin A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him. OL20891599W
Journeys to the Mythical Past Journeys to the Mythical Past Zecharia Sitchin The paperback release of the second volume of Sitchin’s autobiographical account of the investigations and discoveries that led to The Earth Chronicles series • Zecharia Sitchin tells how his life… OL3456749W
Alfred Maudslay and the Maya Alfred Maudslay and the Maya Ian Graham "In this biography, the first published about Alfred Maudslay (1850-1931), Ian Graham describes this extraordinary Englishman and his pioneering investigations of the ancient Maya ruins." "Maudslay, … OL5452244W