Lost Cities Of The Ancient World

Author : Maria Teresa Guaitoli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788880958277
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities from the Ancient World written by Maria Teresa Guaitoli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This prestigious volume is a guide to the discovery of the loveliest cities in the ancient world, in Africa and Americas, in Europe and the Near East, in the Middle East and the Far East. The remains of the cities, where some of the most interesting cultu

Author : Annalee Newitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039365267X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age written by Annalee Newitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.

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Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Splendors of the Past written by and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 1981 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EXPLORES LOST CITIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

Author : Maria Teresa Guaitoli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788854005884
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities from the Ancient World written by Maria Teresa Guaitoli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann R. Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781426221989
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs written by Ann R. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City of the Monkey God" tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past. Archaeology is the key that unlocks our deepest history. Ruined cities, golden treasures, cryptic inscriptions, and ornate tombs have been found across the world, and yet these artifacts of ages past often raised more questions than answers. But with the emergence of archaeology as a scientific discipline in the 19th century, everything changed. Illustrated with dazzling photographs, this enlightening narrative tells the story of human civilization through 100 key expeditions, spanning six continents and more than three million years of history. Each account relies on firsthand reports from explorers, antiquarians, and scientists as they crack secret codes, evade looters and political suppression, fall in love, commit a litany of blunders, and uncover ancient curses. Pivotal discoveries include: King Tut's tomb of treasure Terracotta warriors escorting China's first emperor into the afterlife The glorious Anglo-Saxon treasure of Sutton-Hoo Graves of the Scythians, the real Amazon warrior women New findings on the grim fate of the colonists of Jamestown With a foreword from bestselling author Douglas Preston, Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs is an expertly curated and breath-taking panorama of the human journey.

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Cities of the Ancient World written by Lyon Sprague De Camp and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrayal of fourteen ancient cities at their height.

Author : David Hatcher Childress
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932813251
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean written by David Hatcher Childress and published by Adventures Unlimited Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantis! The legendary lost continent comes under the close scrutiny of archaeologist David Hatcher Childress. From Ireland to Turkey, Morocco to Eastern Europe, or remote islands of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, Childress takes the reader on an astonishing quest for mankind's past. Ancient technology, cataclysms, megalithic construction, lost civilisations, and devastating wars of the past are all explored in this amazing book. Childress challenges the sceptics and proves that great civilisations not only existed in the past but that the modern world and its problems are reflections of the ancient world of Atlantis.

Author : Christian Auge
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810928961
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discoveries: Petra written by Christian Auge and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Petra's mysterious beauty and dramatic story have long captivated the imaginations of historians and art lovers. Recent excavations by the archaeologists Jean-Marie Dentzer and Christian Auge provide new information about this city, unique in history."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Philip Matyszak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500025659
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities of the Ancient World written by Philip Matyszak and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history--from the Neolithic period to the late Roman Empire--that offers a fresh perspective on the roots of urban life.

Author : Martin Salisbury
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 050077868X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Cities of the Ancient World written by Martin Salisbury and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travellers from across the globe. But what about the cities that have dropped off the map that have been submerged under water, or swallowed up by the sands of time? Where are they, and what can they tell us about our past? In this compendium of forgotten cities, Philip Matyszak explores the trials, tribulations and triumphs they faced, revealing how people have embarked on the shared endeavour of living together since we first settled down 12,000 years ago.Illustrated throughout with important artefacts, ruins and maps, Lost Cities of the Ancient World brings to life the sites and settlements across Europe, the Middle East and beyond that time forgot, from the sunken city of Ropotamo in the Black Sea to the deep cave dwellings of Derinkuyu in Turkey. Some have survived only in ancient literature, such as the lost city of Zoar by the Dead Sea, known from the Bible but not yet found. Others have been located, allowing archaeologists to trace their changing fortunes through centuries of occupation.Matyszak reveals a dynamic network of peoples and cultures who fought and traded between themselves, exchanging inventions, ideas and philosophies, with the result that peoples as far apart as Çatalhöyük in Turkey and Skara Brae in the Orkney islands in Scotland shared much of a common heritage. By examining the motivations that first drew people to gather and settle together, as well as the challenges that led to their cities abandonment, this visually striking and often surprising book offers us a fresh perspective on our urban origins.