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100 1 _aConstable, Nick,
_d1960-
245 1 4 _aThe world atlas of archeology /
_cNick Constable.
260 _aNew York :
_bLyons Press,
_cc2000.
300 _a192 p. :
_bcol. ill., col. maps ;
_c31 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aIntroduction by Dr. Brian Fagan. AFRICA: Ancestors of humanity -- The Search for Homo Sapiens -- The Great Zimbabwe -- Nigerian Nok culture and the Igbo Ukwu Grave -- Images of stone age wildlife -- The Romans in Africa. ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NILE VALLEY: The Pyramids of Giza -- The Lost Tomb of King Tut -- Temples of the Nile -- Armana -- Secrets of Tanis -- The Rosetta Stone -- Saved from the flood. WESTERN ASIA AND THE NEAR EAST: Mount Carmel -- Artifacts of Judaism -- Persia and her cities -- Assyrian Magic at Nineveh -- Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon -- Human sacrifice at Ur and the Great Flood -- Jericho and the first farmers. ANCIENT GREECE AND THE AEGEAN: Athens: the Acropolis and the Agora -- Aigai City and the Macedonians -- The Discovery of Troy -- Capital cities of Troy's conquerors -- The Knossos Legacy -- The Buried city of Akrotiri. THE ROMAN EMPIRE: The Wonders of Rome -- Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii -- The Baths of Caracalla -- Great outposts -- Glimpses of the Etruscans -- Etruscan cities. WESTERN EUROPE: Stonehenge -- The Carnac Enigma -- Ice Age art of France and Spain -- The Tomb builders of the West -- Hadrian's Wall and Vindolanda -- Sutton Hoo -- Tintagel Castle and the Arthur Stone. CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE: The Hochdorf Prince -- Lake People of the Alps -- Gold of Varna -- Otzi the Iceman -- Sacrifice or execution? -- Viking burial ships -- Temples of Malta. RUSSIA AND THE CENTRAL ASIA: Human colonization of Asia -- Novgorod and medieval Russia -- The River People of Lepenskir Vir -- Catal Huyuk -- Indus Valley civilization -- The Buddha's legacy. THE FAR EAST: Peking Man -- Jade in China -- The Terracotta army -- The Great Wall -- Yinxu -- Ming tombstones, murals, and mummies -- Temple of Angkor Wat. OCEANIA: Lake Mungo -- Rock art at Carnarvon Gorge -- The Lapita makers -- Maori Fortresses - Statues of Easter Island. SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA: Tiwanaku and the Pre-Incas -- The Nasca Lines -- Jaguars of Chavin de Huantar -- Machu Picchu -- Disaster at El Ceren -- Cave rituals at Naj Tunich. MEXICO AND NORTH AMERICA: Rise of the Olmec -- Temple of the Inscriptions -- Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan -- Moundbuilders of North America -- The Anasazi -- Native Americans -- Viking outposts.
650 0 _aArchaeology.
650 0 _aArchaeology
_vMaps.
650 0 _aCivilization, Ancient.
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