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The mummies of Ürümchi
By E. J. W Barber, Elizabeth Wayland Barber. 1999
Archaeologist and textile expert discusses the mysteries of the well-preserved Caucasian mummies found in western China. With few artifacts other…
than clothing to aid her, Barber deduces much about the mummies' sheepherding culture and connections to Europe and the Middle East. 1999The forbidden City (Images of Asia)
By May Holdsworth. 1998
Chronicle of the history, architecture, daily life, treasures, and ceremonies of the imperial palace, called the Forbidden City, in Peking…
(now Beijing), China. Built in 1420 during the Ming dynasty, the capital of the celestial empire housed the emperor, his concubines, and eunuchs. 1998Mummies of the pharaohs: exploring the Valley of the Kings
By Melvin Berger. 2001
Introduces some of the rulers of ancient Egypt and their thousands-of-years-old burial places. Explains how archaeologist Howard Carter found the…
tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. Discusses the history of the site and other pharaohs discovered there. For grades 4-7. 2001. For grades 4-7. 2001Sacred monkey river: a canoe trip with the gods
By Christopher Shaw. 2000
During a raft, boat, and kayak expedition, Shaw explores the Usumacinta River at the Guatemalan and Mexican border, homeland of…
the ancient Mayas. He combines anthropological and historical knowledge of the area with vivid details of his contact with rebel soldiers, other travelers, drug smugglers, and dangerous river rapids. 2000Iceman: uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an alpine glacier
By Brenda Fowler. 2000
A journalist reports the major archeological discovery of a five-thousand-year-old corpse with a cache of artifacts on the Austrian-Italian border.…
Discusses the mixture of scientific research and conjecture surrounding this find and the political squabble over ownership. 2000The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
By Heather Anne Pringle, Heather Pringle. 2001
After attending a World Congress on Mummy Studies in Arica, Chile, journalist Pringle visits mummy experts worldwide. She discusses what…
ancient corpses--from Egypt, Denmark, Italy, China, Japan, and elsewhere--reveal to the living scientists who probe, dissect, and collect them. 2001The Masada myth: collective memory and mythmaking in Israel
By Nachman Ben-Yehuda. 1995
An Israeli sociologist examines historical records about the mass suicide at Masada in A.D. 73 and compares the facts with…
the once-popular version of heroic defiance. Explains how myth-making helped develop the new nation's image and how it declined in importance as a stronger, more self-reliant Israel emergedThe making of Stonehenge
By Rodney Castleden. 1993
Deals exclusively with the prehistoric Stonehenge site in southern England. The author compiles scientific evidence to "take account of modern…
archaeologists' interpretations and attempt a synthesis that contains Stonehenge's meaning." The analysis provides an explanation of what the site's creators were trying to achieve. 1993The message and the kingdom: how Jesus and Paul ignited a revolution and transformed the ancient world
By Richard A Horsley, Richard Horsley, Richard A. Horsley, Neil Asher Silberman. 1997
Two historians trace connections between religion and politics in ancient times, relying in part on first-century archaeological evidence. They argue…
that early Christianity challenged a government that preached personal achievement and self-reliance but denied most of its subjects opportunities for advancementFinding the lost cities
By Rebecca Stefoff. 1997
Describes twelve lost cities on five continents in the order of their rediscovery in modern times: Petra, Nineveh, Hattusha, Copan,…
Chaco Canyon, Angkor, Troy, Zimbabwe, Knossos, Gournia, Machu Picchu, and Ur. Provides the history of each site, biographical sketches of the finders and archaeologists who worked there, and theories about why the city disappeared. For junior and senior high readersStones, bones, and petroglyphs: digging into Southwest archaeology : an ultimate field trip (Ultimate Field Trip Ser.)
By Susan E Goodman, Susan E. Goodman, Michael J. Doolittle. 1998
Describes a one-week field trip where eighth graders worked with archaeologists at Crow Canyon, Colorado, to learn how the Pueblo…
Indians lived. Explains how to conduct a dig to maximize scientific information. Examines some of the artifacts. Discusses why the Puebloans disappeared in A.D. 1300. For grades 5-8The Dead Sea scrolls
By Ilene Cooper, John Thompson. 1997
Describes the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a Bedouin shepherd boy. Traces the history of custody, restoration,…
interpretation, and public release of the ancient documents. Explains the historical significance of the scrolls. For grades 5-8Lost and found: the 9,000 treasures of Troy : Heinrich Schliemann and the gold that got away
By Caroline Moorehead. 1996
Portrays the life of self-made archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who in 1873 discovered the ruins of ancient Troy and the golden…
treasure of King Priam. Recounts the finding and excavation of the ancient gold, its transfer to Germany, and its seizure after World War II by RussiansMaking faces: using forensic and archaeological evidence (Texas A & M University anthropology series #no 1)
By John Prag, Richard Neave. 1997
Discusses the science and techniques used in reconstructing the faces of historical persons from their skulls. Recounts how the visages…
of King Midas, King Philip II of Macedon, and others were reproduced. Describes how dentistry, genetics, radiology, and other disciplines are involved. BestsellerThe sea hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 1996
A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins…
with an account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among othersThe message of the Sphinx: a quest for the hidden legacy of mankind
By Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval. 1996
Hancock and Bauval attempt to decipher the mysteries of the Great Sphinx of Egypt, which they claim is eight thousand…
years older than formerly believed. The authors use computer simulations of ancient skies to support their theories as to the origin and meaning of the Great Sphinx and also the three pyramids of Giza. BestsellerThe Sea of Galilee boat: an extraordinary 2000-year-old discovery
By Shelley Wachsmann. 1995
A nautical archaeologist, who served with Israel's Department of Antiquities and Museums, describes the paintstaking excavation of a two-thousand-year-old boat…
discovered in 1986 in the Sea of Galilee. Wachsmann discusses the historical context, concluding the boat was a typical fishing vessel dating from between 100 B.C. and 67 A.D. and similar to those used by Jesus' disciples. 1995.Préhistoire intime: vivre dans la peau des Homo sapiens (Folio)
By Sophie A. de Beaune. 2022
L'auteure développe ce que les fouilles archéologiques permettent de connaître concernant les usages du corps des Homos sapiens : leur…
apparence, leur habillement, la manière dont ils se soignaient ou se déplaçaient, leurs gestes, leurs postures, entre autres.The Northern dynasties: kingship and statecraft in Chimor : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12th and 13th October 1985
By Michael E. Moseley, Alana Cordy-Collins. 1990
A collection of essays gathers different perspectives on Pre-Columbian societies on the North Coast of Peru. The scholars base their…
analyses on oral narratives and archeological sources, because Andean civilizations developed no written records. Added essays by ethnohistorians complete the range of views about the Hispanic and Indian culture of ChimorUnearthing Atlantis: an archaeological odyssey
By Charles R. Pellegrino, Charles R Pellegrino. 1991
In 1628 B.C. a volcanic explosion on the island of Thera buried the town and its inhabitants under a sea…
of ash, perhaps foreshadowing the end of Minoan civilization. Pellegrino speculates that Thera, now Santorini, may have been the Atlantis of dreams and myths. Exploring the effects of more recent volcanic eruptions and evidence found in locations as far away as Britain, he muses about life in the lost Minoan world