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The Winged Cat and other tales of ancient civilizations
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Deborah Nourse Lattimore |
In this collection of three tales set in ancient lands, an Egyptian servant girl must outwit an evil priest; a Babylonian slave boy fights for freedom; and a Minoan prince runs afoul of a proud godde… |
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Minoans in the central, eastern and northern Aegean
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Colin F. Macdonald |
In this book is presented hitherto unpublished finds from the Minoan Palace periods discovered in major and minor excavations of recent years in the central, eastern and northern Aegean. The sites in… |
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The lost empire of Atlantis
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Gavin Menzies |
First American edition |
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The archaeology of Minoan Crete
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Reynold Alleyne Higgins |
Discusses the archaeological excavations of ancient Crete and what they have revealed about life there between 3000 B.C. and 1100 B.C. |
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In search of ancient Crete
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Piero Ventura |
Describes the archaeological excavations on the island of Crete that revealed the remains of the legendary Minoan civilization which flourished from about 3000 to 1450 BC, when it was destroyed by th… |
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Minoan Religion
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Nanno Marinatos |
From Library Journal
Marinatos (archaeology and classics, College Year, Athens) provides a comprehensive, well-documented, and carefully illustrated theory of religion during the Bronze Age in Cre… |
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The mystery of Minoan civilization
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Leonard Cottrell |
Describes the palace of Minos, the Minoans and Mycenaeans, and the rise and fall of Crete plus recent discoveries on that island. |
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Mysteries of the snake goddess
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Kenneth D. S. Lapatin |
Not only is one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art-the celebrated gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess-almost certainly modern, but Minoan civilization as it has been popularly i… |
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Atlantis Destroyed
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Rodne Castleden |
Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the absurdest lie in literature. Atlantis Destroyed explores the possibility that the account given by Plato is historically true. Ro… |
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