Mysteries of the ancient world /
Mysteries of the ancient world /
[contributing authors, Christine K. Eckstrom ... [et al.] ; contributing photographers, Nathan Benn ... [et al.] ; paintings by Roy Anderson] ; prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society.
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Society, c1979.
- 223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220) and index.
Introduction : enigmas from the past -- Ice Age hunters : artists in hidden caves -- Roots of the city : Jericho and �Catal H�uy�uk -- Egypt's pyramids : monuments of the Pharaohs -- Ancient India : cities lost in time -- Megaliths : Europe's silent stones -- Minoans : a joyous people vanishes in myth -- Mycenaeans : warrior-merchants of Greece -- Etruscans : festive in life, lavish in death -- Easter Island : brooding sentinels of stone.
0870442546 9780870442544
77093402
Civilization, Ancient.
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Geoglyphs.
Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
CB311 / .M92 1979
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220) and index.
Introduction : enigmas from the past -- Ice Age hunters : artists in hidden caves -- Roots of the city : Jericho and �Catal H�uy�uk -- Egypt's pyramids : monuments of the Pharaohs -- Ancient India : cities lost in time -- Megaliths : Europe's silent stones -- Minoans : a joyous people vanishes in myth -- Mycenaeans : warrior-merchants of Greece -- Etruscans : festive in life, lavish in death -- Easter Island : brooding sentinels of stone.
0870442546 9780870442544
77093402
Civilization, Ancient.
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Geoglyphs.
Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
CB311 / .M92 1979
