Lost cities ancient tombs
100 discoveries that changed the world
Book - 2021
"The story of human civilization, as told through 100 key discoveries spanning six continents, including firsthand reports from explorers, scientists, and antiquarians"--
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Lost cities, ancient tombs : |b 100 discoveries that changed the world / |c Ann R. Williams, general editor ; introduction by Douglas Preston ; afterword by Fredrik Hiebert. |
| 246 | 3 | |a One hundred discoveries that changed the world | |
| 246 | 3 | |a 100 discoveries that changed the world | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b National Geographic, |c [2021] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2021 | |
| 300 | |a 512 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 2 | 0 | |g Introduction |r by Douglas Preston -- |t 3.6 mya-50,000 B.C: bones of our ancestors. |t The first steps of humankind ; |t Walking with Lucy ; |t The toolmaker of Olduvai gorge ; |t The curious case of Dmanisi ; |t Homo naledi defies definition ; |t The ancestor in a test tube ; |t The tiny people time forgot ; |t New light on neanderthals -- |t 50,000-3000 B.C.: the dawn of culture. |t Rock art of aboriginal dreamtime ; |t Ice age artists ; |t The most ancient Americans ; |t The world's oldest temple ; |t The first true city ; |t The fate of Ötzi the iceman ; |t If stones could speak ; |t Masterpieces of the Sahara -- |t 3000-1500 B.C.: the foundations of society. |t The dawn of ancient Egypt ; |t Untold riches in Ur's royal tombs ; |t Peaceful cities of the Indus valley ; |t Egypt's pyramid builders ; |t The "princess" of Khok Phanom Di ; |t Knossos' cryptic tableets ; |t The law code of Hammurabit ; |t The Minoan "Pompeii" -- |t 1500-1000 B.C.: converging worlds. |t Hattusha's written records ; |t The Uluburun shipwreck ; |t Letters to the pharaohs ; |t Mycenae, more than myth ; |t Tomb of a teenage pharaoh ; |t The legend of Troy ; |t Rediscovering the Shang ; |t Armies clash at the causeway ; |t A settlement left in haste -- |t 1000-500 B.C.: ancient tribes & dynasties. |t Beyond the blue horizon ; |t Homes of the high and mighty ; |t The search for King David ; |t Mexico's colossal stone heads ; |t Pyramids of the black pharaohs ; |t Cities of the dead ; |t Babylon's crowning glory ; |t The celtic King Tut ; |t Persepolis, pride of Persia -- 500-200 B.C: an age of artisans. Riding with the Amazons ; |t The Nebra sky disk ; |t Warriors from a watery grave ; |t The crown jewel of Athens ; |t Thracian gold ; |t The Nok Terra-cottas ; |t Macedonian tombs of Vergina ; |t Sunken cities of the pharaohs ; |t China's Terra-cotta warriors ; |t Probing the Antikythera mechanism -- |
| 505 | 2 | 0 | |t 200 B.C.-A.D. 75: rituals & religion. |t Cracking the hieroglyphic code ; |t Europe's eerie bog bodies ; |t Maya masterpieces revealed ; |t Dead sea scrolls ; |t Treasure lost and found ; |t Caesarea Maritima's ambitious harbor ; |t Spirits in the sand ; |t Standoff at Masada -- |t A.D. 75-600: tombs & temples. |t Petra, ancient city of stone ; |t Last moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum ; |t An untouched royal tomb ; |t City of kings and commoners ; |t Teotihuacan's cosmic vision ; |t Jerusalem's holy sepulchre ; |t Rescuing Mes Aynak ; |t The mosaics of Huqoq ; |t The caves of Ajanta ; |t Ghost ship of Sutton Hoo -- |t A.D. 600-1000: surprises & mysteries. |t Cemetery of the golden chiefs ; |t The Oseberg ship ; |t Andean treasures, untouched ; |t The people of Petroglyph canyon ; |t The shining city of moorish Spain ; |t The new world's first Europeans ; |t Mud-brick maze of Jenne-jeno ; |t The enigma of Easter island -- |t A.D. 1000-1200: great builders. |t The magnificent Angkor Wat ; |t A sacred Maya landscape ; |t Lost city of the Monkey god ; |t Cahokia, an American capital ; |t The old ones of the southwest ; |t The city of great Zimbabwe ; |t East Africa's crossroads -- |t 1200-1600: sovereigns & citizens. |t London's bones ; |t The Birch-bark scrolls ; |t The drowned fleet of Kublai Khan ; |t Ruins of the Templo Mayor ; |t The lost town of Machu Picchu ; |t A treasure trove of knowledge ; |t Frozen mumies of the Andes ; |t Shipwreck of the Mary Rose -- |t 1600-present: a changing world order. |t Settling the rainforest ; |t The cold truth of Jamestown ; |t What the thaw reveals ; |t The wicked city of Port Royal ; |t America's last slave ship ; |t The disappearance of the H. L. Hunley ; |t Finding the Titanic -- |g Afterword |r by Fredrik Hiebert. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Archaeology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civilization, Ancient. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Extinct cities. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Tombs. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Williams, A. R., |q (Ann R.) |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Preston, Douglas J., |e writer of introduction. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Hiebert, Fredrik T. |q (Fredrik Talmage), |e writer of afterword. | |
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