Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History

Author : Patrick Hunt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440628993

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The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizations Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe and excitement of finding a lost window into ancient civilization.

Author : Patrick Hunt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0452288770

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Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History by Patrick Hunt Pdf

The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizations Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe and excitement of finding a lost window into ancient civilization.

Author : Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780236858

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Egyptomania by Ronald H. Fritze Pdf

The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time of the ancient Greeks to the twenty-first century. In Egyptomania, Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the past, a place inhabited by strange gods, powerful magic, spell-binding hieroglyphs, and the uncanny, mummified remains of ancient people. Walking among monumental obelisks and through the dark corridors of long-sealed tombs, he reveals a long-standing fascination with an Egypt of incredible wonder and mystery. As Fritze shows, Egypt has exerted a powerful force on our imagination. Medieval Christians considered it a holy land with many connections to biblical lore, while medieval Muslims were intrigued by its towering monuments, esoteric sciences, and hidden treasures. People of the Renaissance sought Hermes Trismegistus as the ancient originator of astrology, alchemy, and magic, and those of the Baroque pondered the ciphers of the hieroglyphs. Even the ever-practical Napoleon was enchanted by it, setting out in a costly campaign to walk in the footsteps of Alexander the Great through its valleys, by then considered the cradle of Western civilization. And of course the modern era is one still susceptible to the lure of undiscovered tombs and the curses of pharaohs cast on covetous archeologists. Raising ancient Egyptian art and architecture into the light of succeeding history, Fritze offers a portrait of an ancient place and culture that has remained alive through millennia, influencing everything from religion to philosophy to literature to science to popular culture.

Author : Patrick Hunt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439102176

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Hannibal by Patrick Hunt Pdf

One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees. Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the ancient world. Historian Patrick N. Hunt has led archeological expeditions in the Alps and elsewhere to study Hannibal's achievements. Now he brings Hannibal's incredible story to life in this book

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691184258

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Three Stones Make a Wall by Eric H. Cline Pdf

In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, “I see wonderful things.” Carter’s fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, this book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries. Along the way, it addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? Taking readers from the pioneering digs of the eighteenth century to today’s exciting new discoveries, Three Stones Make a Wall is a lively and essential introduction to the story of archaeology.

Author : Chuck Sambuchino
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781582976600

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2009 Guide To Literary Agents - Listings by Chuck Sambuchino Pdf

Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person. Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialties for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world. The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything you need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691208572

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Digging Deeper by Eric H. Cline Pdf

"A brief, accessible primer explaining the basics of archaeology from "How do you know where to dig?" to "Do you get keep what you find?""--

Author : Andrea M. Gáldy,Ronit Sorek,Netta Assaf,Gal Ventura
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527571334

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Collecting and Provenance by Andrea M. Gáldy,Ronit Sorek,Netta Assaf,Gal Ventura Pdf

This collection of essays highlights the enduring significance of provenance and its implications for historians and art historians, as well as students and researchers engaged in museum studies. It also offers an opportunity to demonstrate its relevance to other fields of expertise, such as conservation, visual culture studies, aesthetics, authentication and connoisseurship versus technology as a means of establishing attributions and detecting forgeries. Provenance is still of vital importance to jurisdiction, whether it concerns property law or ownership. It also remains topical because of the ongoing debates over looted art in the 1930s and 1940s and the illicit trade in antiquities conducted from Iraq and Syria by terrorist groups.

Author : Patrick Hunt
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1433104652

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Poetry in the Song of Songs by Patrick Hunt Pdf

This ground-breaking study explores the structure and literary figures in the biblical Hebrew poetry of the Song of Songs. These figures include simile, metaphor, paronomasia, parallelism, sensory cluster, fertility language - flowers, spices, and plants as well as animals and images of wealth - and many other literary devices, delineated but not limited to how they also appear in classical literature as defined by Aristotle, Quintilian, and others. This biblical poetry is also compared to the Greek poetry of Sappho and Egyptian love poetry as well as to the Ramayana and the Kamasutra. The Song of Songs is discreetly yet firmly interpreted as erotic literature.

Author : Chuck Sambuchino
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781582976594

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2009 Guide To Literary Agents by Chuck Sambuchino Pdf

Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person. Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialties for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world. The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything you need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.

Author : Amy Rutherford,Michelle Rigler,Emily Quinn
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784500603

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Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Amy Rutherford,Michelle Rigler,Emily Quinn Pdf

The BASICS College Curriculum presents a hands-on approach to learning essential life and study skills for college students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This book focuses on the transition to college, developing key academic skills, navigating campus social life, and living away from home for the first time. Ideal as a textbook for ASD college programs and suitable for students to use for self-study, it teaches independence skills, self-advocacy, organization, stress management, and social skills. Each chapter has a lesson-based progressive structure, providing valuable information and advice for the student, useful diagrams, practical exercises and workbook components that can be filled in at home or in class. Self-assessment tools ensure the skills from each chapter can be reviewed and adjusted as necessary.

Author : Chris Oxlade
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615313785

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The Top Ten Scientific Discoveries That Changed the World by Chris Oxlade Pdf

The giants of science, including Archimedes, Newton, Einstein, and Fleming, and their life-changing discoveries are richly explored in this book. While exploration may have been in pursuit of pure science, discoveries such as penicillin have saved millions of lives. Students will get an enthralling look at ten discoveries that have advanced our existence by leaps and bounds.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:926022610

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Great Discoveries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Raymond W. Barber,Patrice Bartell
Publisher : H. W. Wilson
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015081590815

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Senior High Core Collection by Raymond W. Barber,Patrice Bartell Pdf

Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211408799

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Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf