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Unwrapping Ancient Egypt by Riggs Christina;
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Riggs, Christina; [Неизв.]

FIGURE 5.6 Ramses II censing the bark of Amun, from the hypostyle hall, Karnak, 19th dynasty (c. 1290–1224 B.C.E.). Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Concealing ...
( Category: Anthropology January 26,2018 )
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee by Jonathan Marks
epub |eng | 2011-02-17 | Author:Jonathan Marks [Marks, Jonathan]

benefits to some scientists who pursue these lines of argument, they are counteracted by the long-term harm both to the science of genetics and to the authority of science generally. ...
( Category: Evolution January 24,2018 )
In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood
epub |eng | 2016-09-25 | Author:Michael Wood

A PREHISTORIC ARMS RACE? What was the relation between Mycenae and the other palaces? Historians have been perplexed by the presence of several great fortresses in the same area, as ...
( Category: Middle East January 21,2018 )
The Indus Civilization by Possehl Gregory L
epub |eng | 2013-06-25 | Author:Possehl, Gregory L.

The Need to Study the Writing System in Its Various Contexts Fairservis has been the most convincing voice for studying the Indus script within the context of the Indus Civilization. ...
( Category: Archaeology January 20,2018 )
Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt by Emily Teeter
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Emily Teeter [Teeter, Emily]

Those acknowledged to be under a bau were considered to be impure. A text on a doorway at the Ptolemaic-Roman temple at Esna lists what should not be brought into ...
( Category: Archaeology January 19,2018 )
Unlocking the Past by N/A
epub |eng | 2016-04-30 | Author:N/A

Gwyn finished delivering his morning papers and went to where his father had left his breakfast ready for him. It was eight-thirty when he realised that Polly wasn’t with him ...
( Category: Archaeology January 10,2018 )
The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram by D Dennis Hudson
azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-09-25 | Author:D Dennis Hudson [Hudson, D Dennis]

FIGURE 12.1. Panel SP1: Hari flanked by Rudra and Daksha (prior to repair). IFDI. Daksha, with only one pair of arms and dressed as a householder, stands on a lower ...
( Category: Archaeology January 6,2018 )
Atlantis the Lost Continent Finally Found by Arysio Santos
epub |eng | 2005-09-29 | Author:Arysio Santos [Santos, Arysio]

Robert Sarmast and the Cyprus’ “Discovery” Let us now consider Cyprus, the object of the proposal recently made by Robert Sarmast, an Atlantologist who dedicated a considerable amount of time ...
( Category: Archaeology December 27,2017 )
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-09-15 | Author:Peter Hopkirk [Hopkirk, Peter]

9. Von Le Coq Spins a Coin * * * The Buddhist monks who a thousand years ago built the great monastery complex at Bezeklik chose its position with ingenuity. ...
( Category: Asia December 20,2017 )
Come, Tell Me How You Live by Mallowan Agatha Christie
epub |eng | 2012-04-10 | Author:Mallowan, Agatha Christie [Mallowan, Agatha Christie]

Another furious dissension breaks out over the day of rest. The day after pay-day is always a holiday. The Mohammedans claim that since there are more Mohammedans than Christians on ...
( Category: Travel Writing December 12,2017 )
The Parthenon Marbles by Christopher Hitchens
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Hitchens

This is a poem of, perhaps, more merit in feeling than in execution. It is decidedly superior to Thomas Hardy’s sentimental Christmas in the Elgin Room, which was begun in ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 12,2017 )
Stone by Stone by Liz Bryan
epub |eng | 2015-06-23 | Author:Liz Bryan

LEFT—One of many stone constructions overlooking the Red Deer River. RIGHT—Aerial photo shows the huge extent of the medicine wheel’s rim. RON BARNETT PHOTOGRAPH ACADIA VALLEY The medicine wheel in ...
( Category: Americas December 11,2017 )
Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-03-24 | Author:Nicholas Wade

The Evolution of Religion The essence of religion is communal: religious rituals are performed by assemblies of people. The word itself, probably derived from the Latin religare, meaning to bind, ...
( Category: Evolution December 10,2017 )
Egypt by Christina Riggs
epub |eng | 2017-12-04 | Author:Christina Riggs

The beautiful and the dead The vogue for paintings inspired by ancient Egypt, like those of Alma-Tadema, Poynter and Long, was not limited to Britain by any means. It was ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations December 4,2017 )
A Prehistory of South America by Jerry D. Moore
epub |eng | 2014-07-03 | Author:Jerry D. Moore

These chronological limits are intentionally loose, providing more of a temporal target than firmly dated beginnings and ends. The archaeological cases discussed were chosen to include often overlooked examples. What ...
( Category: Archaeology December 4,2017 )

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