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Looking for Dilmun
Par Geoffrey Bibby. 1970
The author gives an enthralling first-hand account of the overwhelming evidence of an ancient civilization that once existed along the…
Persian Gulf. He tells of the gruelling and ingenious labours endured and of the excitement in the search for Dilmun. 1970.L'Antiquité, l'Orient, la Grèce et Rome (Deux Temps, Trois Mouvements Ser.)
Par G Dez, Jean Mathiex, A Weiler. 1970
L'empire romain ((Que sais-je? ; 1536). #Vol. 5)
Par Jean Marie Engel. 1973
Ramsès II ((Essais pour notre temps ; 8))
Par Philipp Vandenberg, Jeanne-Marie Gaillard-Paquet. 1979
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 4
Par Edward Gibbon. 2008
A major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776; Volumes II…
and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell. Volume 4 contains chapters 39 to 48. 2008.The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 5
Par Edward Gibbon. 2008
A major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776; Volumes II…
and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell. Volume 5 contains chapters 49 to 58. 2008.The lost tomb
Par Kent R Weeks. 1998
The personal account of an American Egyptologist's discovery and excavation of the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings.…
Weeks describes his 1995 entry into a multi- chambered burial site that some consider the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. He discusses the new revelations about the sons of Ramesses II, stressing that there is more to be explored. c1998.The walls of windy Troy: a biography of Heinrich Schliemann
Par Marjorie Braymer. 1960
A biography of a poor boy who made money and educated himself to realize his dream of proving that Homer's…
Troy and Mycenae had once really existed. For junior and senior high readers. 1960.The history of early Rome
Par Aubrey De Selincourt, Livy. 1960
The Romans and their world
Par Peter D Arnott. 1970
The dawn of medicine
Par Robert Silverberg. 1967
The caves of the great hunters
Par Hans Baumann. 1962
The discovery of the cave at Lascaux in 1940 by four boys and a dog is described by the author,…
who also tells of other picture caves discovered by boys and girls. For junior and senior high readers. 1962. Uniform title: Höhlen der grossen Jäger.Sunken history: the story of underwater archaeology
Par Robert Silverberg. 1963
This introduction to a new phase of an old science describes major finds in ancient shipwrecks, submerged shore areas, sunken…
cities, and sacrificial wells. The author explains underwater techniques that have made these investigations possible. 1963.Secrets of Minos: Sir Arthur Evan's discoveries in Crete
Par Alan Honour. 1961
Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls: the history of Judaism, the background of Christianity, the lost library of Qumran
Par Lawrence H Schiffman. 1994
The author, a Judaic scholar and a member of the editorial team publishing the scrolls, views them as a history…
of Judaism during the Second Temple period, which ended in 70 C.E. He states that, rather than being documents of an early Christian sect, they are the writings of a Sadducee priest who left Jerusalem after the Maccabean revolt. 1994.Arrival of the gods: revealing the alien landing sites of Nazca
Par Erich Von Däniken. 1998
Nazca, once only an isolated settlement in the midst of the Peruvian desert, is today a meeting place for archaeologists…
from around the world. Drawing on over thirty years study, Erich von Dääniken examines the various theories which attempt to explain the Nazca phenomena in terms of religious ritual, ancient roads and astrological symbols. He puts forward a startling revolutionary solution to one of archaeology's greatest enigmas.Les villes romaines ((Que sais-je? ; 657))
Par Pierre Grimal. 1954
La vie dans la Grèce classique ((Que sais-je? ; 231))
Par Charles Picard. 1973
Le mystère du jeune pharaon
Par Yves Bouchereau, G. Robert McConnell. 1976
Out of the ice: how climate change is revealing the past
Par Claire Eamer. 2018
As the Earth's climate continues to warm, the permafrost melts, glaciers are receding and ice patches are shrinking. It is…
a unique time on our planet, one that has resulted in a treasury of preserved organic material (e.g., caribou droppings and human and animal remains) and inorganic artifacts (e.g., tools and clothing) is being revealed by the big melt, providing us with entirely new information about how people and animals lived up to several thousand years ago. But it's a race against time for archaeologists because as soon as the objects begin to thaw, they also begin to disintegrate. Grades 4-7.