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Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia by Rosemarie Klemm & Dietrich Klemm
epub |eng | | Author:Rosemarie Klemm & Dietrich Klemm

A diagonally running retention wall crossing the N-S oriented wadi is just barely made out in the stereoscopic aerial image, though hardly in the field. The wall served to collect ...
( Category: Natural Resources April 16,2020 )
The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires by Tamara L. Bray
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-02-13 | Author:Tamara L. Bray

Since Morris’s work at Huánuco, other archaeological studies have also demonstrated the use of large-scale public contexts for Inca ceremonial feasting. In the Mantaro Valley, for instance, concentrations of large ...
( Category: Caribbean & Latin American April 16,2020 )
Four Wise Men by Muesse Mark W
epub |eng | 2017-01-30 | Author:Muesse, Mark W. [Muesse, Mark W.]

179. 1 Maccabees 1:21–28. 180. 1 Maccabees 1:45–50, 56–61. 181. Eisenman, James, the Brother of Jesus, 179. 182. Matthew 16:13–20; Mark 8:27; Luke 9:18–21. 183. Matthew 1:2–17. 184. Matthew 1:18, ...
( Category: Christian Ecumenism April 16,2020 )
Empire State by Elliott Simon;
epub |eng | 2017-08-30 | Author:Elliott, Simon;

• Quarrying the facing stone. • Cutting and dressing the stone. • Collecting stone rubble for the wall core filling. • Making lime mortar in enormous quantities (hence the need ...
( Category: Archaeology April 15,2020 )
The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography (Oxford Handbooks) by Vanessa Davies & Dimitri Laboury
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-02-27 | Author:Vanessa Davies & Dimitri Laboury [Davies, Vanessa]

A Journeyman Illustrator For the next several years, I was a journeyman archaeological illustrator working at sites in Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, and Greece, drawing primarily pottery and small objects. In ...
( Category: Archaeology April 14,2020 )
The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon
epub |eng | 2008-07-14 | Author:John Haldon [Haldon, John]

Sa’if ad-Daulah’s Raid of 956 The raid in question was launched in early spring of that year, intended as a booty-collecting expedition, as an attack on the Roman frontier provinces, ...
( Category: Military April 14,2020 )
The History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
epub, pdf |eng | 2007-04-14 | Author:Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa [Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro]

FIGURE 40.1. The site of Ollantaytambo. (Photograph by Max. T. Vargus, ca. 1900, private collection.) Thus most of the Collas were defeated, killed, or imprisoned, and the Cuzcos pursued those ...
( Category: Archaeology April 13,2020 )
The Swastika The Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration; with Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times by Thomas Wilson
epub |eng | 2012-09-20 | Author:Thomas Wilson [Wilson, Thomas]

Larger Image Plate 17. Navajo Dry Painting Containing Swastikas. Dr. Washington Matthews, “The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony,” Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1883-84, Pl. XVII. In ...
( Category: History April 7,2020 )
Forms of Dwelling by Rajala Ulla; Mills Phil;
epub |eng | 2017-04-15 | Author:Rajala, Ulla; Mills, Phil;

Mesolithic quarries in southern Norway In southern Norway, Mesolithic activity can be identified at 15 of nearly 30 quarry sites, 12 of which are relatively secure (Fig. 8.2; Table 8.1). ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources April 7,2020 )
Handbook of Historical Studies in Education by Unknown
epub |eng | | Author:Unknown

Passing legislation and enforcing it are, of course, two rather separate processes. The United Kingdom saw a rapid rise in school attendance, from around one third of the total population ...
( Category: Finance April 6,2020 )
Prehistoric Pottery from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt by Unknown
epub |eng | 2017-12-07 | Author:Unknown

4.8 Handmade pottery from findspots The pottery from four of the five findspots (FS4, FS5, FS8 and FS9) compares closely with the Late Sheikh Muftah material. The perforated disc from ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations April 6,2020 )
Not Just for Show by Bar-Yosef Mayer Daniella; Bonsall Clive; Choyke Alice M
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella; Bonsall, Clive; Choyke, Alice M.

Mortar Riddle Archaeology Mortar Riddle (35HA2627) is an Archaic 1,890–100 cal BP site located in North America’s northern Great Basin at 1,561 m (5,120 ft) on Steens Mountain. The Late ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles April 6,2020 )
The Idea of Ancient India by Upinder Singh
epub |eng | 2009-09-09 | Author:Upinder Singh [Singh, Upinder]

8 Exile and Return: The Reinvention of Buddhism and Buddhist Sites in Modern India* A great deal of scholarly attention has been bestowed on the early history of Buddhism in ...
( Category: Africa April 5,2020 )
The Oracle by William J Broad
epub |eng | 2007-01-30 | Author:William J Broad [Broad, William J]

Still, de Boer felt Hale’s question was fresh and worth exploring. Who knew what they’d find? Maybe a novel mechanism would come to light. He sensed that an answer might ...
( Category: Geology April 5,2020 )
Viking Britain- an Exploration by Thomas Williams
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-07 | Author:Thomas Williams

For all that Viking winter camps like Torksey were superficially ‘urban’, they would not – in any known case – develop into lasting towns in England. They may have established ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources April 4,2020 )

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