The Enigmas Of History

Author : Alan Baker
Publisher : Random House
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780577548

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History is replete with unanswered questions regarding our own past and that of the world in which we live. Some of these questions are mere curiosities; others are of the profoundest importance to our cultural identity and have a serious bearing on our future. Each self-contained chapter in The Enigmas of History covers a particular mystery, ranging across the globe and throughout history: from Atlantis to the Amazons; from the Ark of the Covenant to the enigma of the Black Madonnas; and from the weird mystery of Spring-heeled Jack to visions of the Virgin Mary. Among the topics explored are: • The strange history of the Dogon tribe of Mali in West Africa, who believe that they were visited in the distant past by amphibious beings from another star • The legend of the lost Himalayan kingdom of Shambhala • The mystery of the crystal skulls • The enigma of the indecipherable Voynich manuscript The Enigmas of History is an entertaining, informative compendium of strange events and weird encounters with the unexplained. It is packed with information on historical mysteries, puzzles and bewildering discoveries, and will intrigue the historian and general reader alike.

Author : Minsoo Kang
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780809557967

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Of Tales and Enigmas by Minsoo Kang Pdf

A beautiful lady who can only be seen from far away, a machine that generates an entire civilization, a king who loves the hidden life of an inanimate statue, a city that appears once a year across a great chasm, an ancient Korean king assassinated in the dark of the night, a ghost that haunts soldiers on the DMZ - these are just some of the marvels you will encounter in these stories from the transcultural and metafictional imagination of Minsoo Kang. In diverse narratives grouped under the titles of Tales from a Lost History, Fables of the Dream World, and Stories from an Imaginary Homeland, Kang explores the nature and possibilities of storytelling itself as he spins out variations on an episodic theme, reinterprets an old myth, and struggles with a past that seeks a voice in the present. The result is a marvelously surrealistic landscape where histories, ideas, and legends freely intermingle and dance to the music of wonder and longing.

Author : Hugh Ross Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : History
ISBN : OCLC:1001912088

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Author : S. Shyam Prasad
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781642491227

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Enigmas of Karnataka by S. Shyam Prasad Pdf

Did the illustrious Hoysala king, Vishnuvardhana, create a fictional tale about his dynasty’s founder? Is Bengaluru’s Kadlekai Parishe a wholly British invention with no roots to the City’s founding years? Acutely aware of their inferior status in the royal hierarchy, did the Wodeyars use the origin stories they had fabricated two centuries earlier to enter into matrimonial alliances in north India? Is the greatest icon of temple-building in Karnataka, Jakanacharai, a mere legend? Did Ramanuja, the famed Vishishtadvaita philosopher, order the disfigurement of the Gommateshwara statue to achieve narrow religious ends? The construct of Indian history is embellished with its fair share of assumptions and glaring omission of facts; much of it infused with bias. To add to the conundrum, many a time, our forebears in Karnataka devised their own version of events that were often steeped in legend. This propensity for myth-making tossed accuracy into a grey area, which gave birth to a wealth of enigmas in its wake. Backed by insights from esteemed scholars, this book aims to separate fiction from fact. Unlock the hidden truths behind hoary myths and legends shrouded in the mists of time. The reality of history as you know it will stagger you.

Author : Srinath Raghavan
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541698819

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Fierce Enigmas by Srinath Raghavan Pdf

The two-hundred-year history of the United States' involvement in South Asia -- the key to understanding contemporary American policy in the region South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts -- secular and religious -- to remake the world in its image. The definitive history of US involvement in South Asia, Fierce Enigmas is also a clarion call to fundamentally rethink our approach to the region.

Author : World Book, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 0716626780

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The Mystery of Tutankhamun by World Book, Inc Pdf

"An exploration of the questions and mysteries surrounding the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Features include, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on ancient Egypt, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Mark Kidger
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0801884608

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Cosmological Enigmas by Mark Kidger Pdf

Author Mark Kidger weaves together history, science, and science fiction to consider questions about the bigness of space and the strange objects that lie trembling at the edge of infinity. Reflecting on how stars shine and what may lie beyond the edge of the universe, Kidger takes readers on the ultimate cosmic journey.Johns Hopkins University Press

Author : Mavis Batey
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849542784

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Dilly by Mavis Batey Pdf

The highly eccentric Alfred Dillwyn Knox, known simply as 'Dilly', was one of the leading figures in the British codebreaking successes of the two world wars. During the first, he was the chief codebreaker in the Admiralty, breaking the German Navy's main flag code, before going on to crack the German Enigma ciphers during the Second World War at Bletchley Park. Here, he enjoyed the triumphant culmination of his life's work: a reconstruction of the Enigma machine used by the Abwehr, the German Secret Service. This kept the British fully aware of what the German commanders knew about Allied plans, allowing MI5 and MI6 to use captured German spies to feed false information back to the Nazi spymasters. Mavis Batey was one of 'Dilly's girls', the young female codebreakers who helped him to break the various Enigma ciphers. She was called upon to advise Kate Winslet, star of the film Enigma, on what it was like to be one of the few female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. This gripping new edition of Batey's critically acclaimed book reveals the vital part Dilly played in the deception operation that ensured the success of the D-Day landings, altering the course of the Second World War.

Author : Mike Davis
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788732178

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Old Gods, New Enigmas by Mike Davis Pdf

Is revolution possible in the age of the Anthropocene? Marx has returned, but which Marx? Recent biographies have proclaimed him to be an emphatically nineteenth-century figure, but in this book, Mike Davis’s first directly about Marx and Marxism, a thinker comes to light who speaks to the present as much as the past. In a series of searching, propulsive essays, Davis, the bestselling author of City of Quartz and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, explores Marx’s inquiries into two key questions of our time: Who can lead a revolutionary transformation of society? And what is the cause—and solution—of the planetary environmental crisis? Davis consults a vast archive of labor history to illuminate new aspects of Marx’s theoretical texts and political journalism. He offers a “lost Marx,” whose analyses of historical agency, nationalism, and the “middle landscape” of class struggle are crucial to the renewal of revolutionary thought in our darkening age. Davis presents a critique of the current fetishism of the “anthropocene,” which suppresses the links between the global employment crisis and capitalism’s failure to ensure human survival in a more extreme climate. In a finale, Old Gods, New Enigmas looks backward to the great forgotten debates on alternative socialist urbanism (1880–1934) to find the conceptual keys to a universal high quality of life in a sustainable environment.

Author : Mario Perniola
Publisher : Verso
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 1859849660

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Enigmas by Mario Perniola Pdf

"What do we fear most? Repetition or difference? The return of a barbarism that is remote and prehistoric or the advent of a barbarism that is technological as post-human?"

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Megalithic monuments
ISBN : 0716626675

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The Mysteries of Stonehenge by Anonim Pdf

"An exploration of the questions and mysteries that have puzzled scholars and experts about the Neolithic site of Stonehenge. Features include a map, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on Stonehenge, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--

Author : Editors of Chartwell Books
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0785838368

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Mysteries in History by Editors of Chartwell Books Pdf

The history of humankind can be told in many different perspectives, and within each one is a juicy secret that illuminates what actually happened. Mysteries in History peaks under those rocks to find the truth, or at least locate a truth yet to be found. Mysteries in History is a magnificently illustrated comprehensive guide with stunning visuals that provides all (or most) of the answers. Whether it be simply the most accepted theories or the most puzzling great enigmas to date in world history. With hundreds of photographs, illustrations, special infographics, curiosities, and historical reconstructions, Mysteries in History captures the captivating essence hidden in every inexplicable fact. Some mysteries included are: Construction of the pyramids Mysterious death of Hitler The true identity of Tutankhamun The loss and discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls Rapid decline of the Mayas Secrets hidden in the tombs of Antiquity Much more! For the curious, the intrepid, and those who desperately want to know more about the world, the illustrated encyclopedia of secrets, Mysteries in History, is here for you.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Atlantis (Legendary place)
ISBN : 0716626624

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Searching for Atlantis by Anonim Pdf

"An exploration of the legend of the lost island of Atlantis. Features include maps, reconstructions of Atlantis, links to other cultures, places to see and visit, a glossary, and index"--

Author : World Book, Inc
Publisher : World Book
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Trojan War
ISBN : 0716626683

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The Mysteries of the Trojan War by World Book, Inc Pdf

"An exploration of the questions and mysteries that have puzzled scholars and experts about the Trojan War. Features include a map, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on the archaeology of the area in which the war is thought to have taken place, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--

Author : John Flenley,Paul Bahn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0192803409

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The Enigmas of Easter Island by John Flenley,Paul Bahn Pdf

Easter Island, an isolated speck in the Pacific Ocean, produced one of the most fascinating and yet least understood of ancient cultures. Who were the inhabitants of this unimaginably remote volcanic island? Where did they come from? What, and equally intriguing, how did they erect the giant stone statues found all over the island? And what became of their civilization? - ;Easter Island, an unimaginably remote volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, produced one of the most fascinating and yet least understood prehistoric cultures. Who were its inhabitants, and where did they come from? Why, and equally intriguingly, how did they erect the giant stone statues found all over the island? Paul Bahn and John Flenley tackle these and a host of other questions, introducing us, along the way, to the bizarre birdman cult found in the island's art, and the only recently deciphered Rongorongo script engraved on wooden panels. The Enigmas of Easter Island combines a wealth of new archaeological evidence, intriguing folk memories and the records of Captain Cook and other early explorers, to reveal how the island's decline may stem from ecological catastrophe. The result is a fascinating portrait of a civilization which still retains many of its mysteries. This book, originally published in 1992, was hailed as the best account of Easter Island ever written. Now it has been brought substantially up to date with a wealth of new material. -