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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Since the days of Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City -- but then committed suicide without revealing its location. In 2012, Preston joined a team of scientists using classified...
4) Greek town
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents life in a town in ancient Greece, covering the temple, town square, a family home, an open-air theatre, games, the cemetery, the port, and more.
5) Lost cities
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 28 x 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of history of Ancient Rome through the modern eye. In 66 B.C., young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the route, built from Rome to Brindisi between 312-191 B.C. He...
7) Trojan horse
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Investigate famous excavations and the archaeologists and paleontologists who led them with Exploring Ancient Cities. Through ancient cities such as Pompeii, Troy, and Machu Picchu, readers will discover how we learn about ancient cities and what they teach us about the people who lived in them"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xix, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Provides the reader with alphabetical entries on lost cities and civilizations and includes subsections: Overview: Geographic Location, Original Inhabitants, Historical Background, Culture and Society, City's Demise, Recent Discoveries and Current Status, and Bibliography. The entries-as well as the investigative boxes and sidebars-come from every region of the globe and include a broad timespan, panning all of human civilization from several millennia...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
142 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Like humans, cities are mortal - they are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. Aude de Tocqueville details the destinies of 44 once-vibrant urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns.
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