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Search for the Maya: the story of Stephens and Catherwood
Par Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen. 1973
Secrets of the Great Pyramid
Par Peter Tompkins, Livio Catullo Stecchini. 1971
Describes the adventures and discoveries of those who have investigated the mystery of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Tompkins analyzes…
the history of the Great Pyramid and argues that it is not simply a tomb. He also discusses the questions of who built the pyramid, how they did it, and other theories about the pyramid. 1978, c1971.Rubicon: the triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic
Par Tom Holland. 2004
Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness which would herald the catastrophe of…
its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. This text brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. 2004.Rome, the biography of a city: The Biography Of A City
Par Christopher Hibbert. 1985
Rome's often bloody history unfolds as a pageant of patrons and parasites, saints and tyrants, poets and warriors. Reveals the…
influence of Greek customs, gods and art on life in Imperial Rome. 1985.Romans (History in a hurry. #6.)
Par John Farman. 1998
Rome: the Augustan age: a sourcebook
Par John Ferguson, Kitty Chisholm. 1981
This is a compilation of primary sources in translation, covering Roman politics, art, literature, social history, and philosophy. The anthology…
has been designed to accompany the Open University course A293 Rome: The Augustan Age. 1981.Ramsès II, le pharaon triomphant: sa vie et son époque
Par Paul Couturiau, K. A Kitchen, Christel Rollinat. 1985
Ramses II, le bâtisseur d'Abou Simbel, est sans nul doute le pharaon qui incarne le mieux la puissance et la…
grandeur des rois de l'ancienne Égypte. L'auteur nous trace ici un vaste et vigoureux tableau de la civilisation égyptienne au Nouvel Empire. 1985. Titre uniforme: Pharaoh triumphant.Ramsès II, le plus grand des pharaons
Par Philippe Beaudoin, Joyce A Tyldesley. 2001
Une biographie de ce pharaon qui a vécu au cours du 13e siècle avant notre ère. Dans un contexte vivant…
et représentatif de la vie quotidienne, l'auteure retrace les nombreuses facettes du personnage (guerrier, dieu, époux, père et mortel) durant son long règne (environ soixante ans). 2001.Prehistory: the making of the human mind (Modern Library chronicles)
Par Colin Renfrew. 2009
Predynastic Egypt (Shire Egyptology ; #7)
Par Barbara Adams. 1988
The Predynastic cultures of Egypt before the country's unification under one king in about 3000 BC, were discovered independently by…
de Morgan and Flinders Petrie in the 1890s. Since then, the study of this period has split into many specialities, with little to meet the increasing general interest in the beginnings of Egyptian culture. This book is a factual introduction to the remains of this era and how without a written language they can provide information. 1988.Pompeii: the life of a Roman city (Profile Ser.)
Par Mary Beard. 2008
The ruins of Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79 offer the best evidence we have of life in the…
Roman empire. This book will rise to the challenge of making sense of its remains. What kind of town was it? Some strong language. 2008.Persian fire: the first world empire, battle for the West
Par Tom Holland. 2005
The text dramatises the conflict 2500 years ago between the global superpower Persia, and the two 'terrorist' Greek states Athens…
and Sparta. The book also examines the whole extraordinary panorama of East and West. From the temple priests of Babylon to the Spartan secret police; from the Persian love of ducks and gardens to the Athenian relish for prostitutes; from Darius, murderer, usurper and the supreme political genius in the history of the Middle East, to Themistocles, the man who saved the West. 2005.Peking man: The Discovery, Disappearance And Mystery Of A Priceless Scientific Treasure
Par Harry L Shapiro. 1974
Noah's flood: the new scientific discoveries about the event that changed history
Par William B. F Ryan, Walter C Pitman. 1998
Two geophysicists present the results of years of international research that sought historical data from the mid-sixth millennium B.C. to…
confirm biblical and mythical accounts of a great flood. They explore linguistic, archaeological, and other evidence of an inundation around the Black Sea and hypothesize that a diaspora followed. 1998.Néron, le poète ensanglanté
Par Roger Caratini. 2003
Beaucoup ont fait de Néron le personnage le plus inhumain et le plus "sanglant" de l'histoire romaine. L'auteur nous en…
dresse un portrait beaucoup moins caricatural: un prince ni plus ni moins cruel que ses prédécesseurs. Une biographie d'accès facile, qui n'hésite pas par moments à recourir à des procédés romanesques, mais qui demeure soucieuse de la vérité historique et qu'anime un véritable esprit de vulgarisation. Nombreuses citations d'historiens de l'Antiquité. 2003.Mysteries of the ancient world (National Geographic Special Publications)
Par Donald J. Crump. 1979
Mummies (Strange Science Ser.)
Par Sylvia Funston. 2000
Do you believe in mummy curses? Did you know that there are mummies that are more than 7000 years old?…
Mummies have been found all over the world, and they have incredible tales to tell of life - and death - in another time and place. Gory details and mesmerizing facts about famous mummies will make your hair stand on end. Includes instructions for creating an at-home version! Grades 2-4. 2000.Mummies, bones & body parts (Photo Bks.)
Par Charlotte Wilcox. 2000
Describes various mummies preserved by glaciers, deserts, peat bogs and mountains from all over the world. Explains why anthropologists study…
these remains and what scientists learn from them. Conflicting attitudes toward the dead are discussed. For grades 4-7. 2000.Mummies, tombs, and treasure: secrets of Ancient Egypt
Par Lila Perl. 1987
Mémoires de préhistoriens: l'extraordinaire aventure de la préhistoire : les hommes, les outils, les cultures
Par Henry De Lumley, Marie-Antoinette de Lumley. 2014
" Nous avons eu la chance et le bonheur d'être à la fois les témoins et les acteurs privilégiés de…
découvertes prodigieuses qui ont bousculé notre connaissance de l'évolution morphologique et culturelle de lhomme. Ces découvertes ont permis de construire un nouvel arbre généalogique de l'humanité et, grâce à l'acquisition de nouvelles technologies au carrefour des sciences de la Terre, de la Vie et de l'Homme, de pénétrer dans la vie quotidienne des hommes de la préhistoire. Depuis plus d'un demi-siècle, nos connaissances sur les premiers peuplements des différents continents et sur l'adaptation de l'homme à son milieu naturel ont été sans cesse renouvelées. Nous en apportons ici le témoignage. Après plus de cinquante années dédiées à l'ouverture de fouilles à travers le monde, nous avons entrepris un nouveau chantier dexploration sur un site très particulier : notre mémoire commune. " -- 4e de couv.