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The Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace was a renowned center of religious life in the northern Aegean from the 7th century BC until the 4th century after Christ, and the mysteries practiced there rank in historical importance with those of Eleusis. This volume focuses primarily on excavations of the southern (S) Nekropolis.

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An engaging study of wells in Wales, examining their veneration in both pagan and Christian cult and the continuation of ritual practices into our own era. The book also includes a substantial inventory of well sites. Although this book was initially published half a century ago it remains the standard guide to Wales' wells.

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The Political Machine investigates the essential role that material culture plays in the practices and maintenance of political sovereignty. Through an archaeological exploration of the Bronze Age Caucasus, Adam Smith demonstrates that beyond assemblies of people, polities are just as importantly assemblages of things--from ballots and bullets to c

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Using archival research and archaeological evidence, The Shore Whalers of Western Australia examines the history and operation of this almost forgotten industry on the remote maritime frontier of the British Empire and the role of the whalers in the history of early contact between Europeans and Aboriginal people.

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Alderley Edge is a sandstone ridge rising 180 metres above the Cheshire plain. Beneath lie copper and lead mines and, according to legend, a sleeping king and his knights ready to save England in the last battle of the world. This book covers everything from the natural world to the story of the mines, from social and oral history to conservation.

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, October 8, 2014-January 4, 2015 and the Art Institute of Chicago, October 31, 2013-July 27, 2014.

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Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel.

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A new edition of an accessible introduction to the ancient New World civilization incorporates the latest archaeological findings, including the discoveries of San Bartolo murals, new information about the founders of the Tikal and Copan communities, and the regional significance of the Ek' Balam kingdom. Original.

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An authoritative survey of Angkor and the Khmer civilization that incorporates revelations from new discoveries that are completely rewriting history.

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The way fossils have been interpreted in the past often tells us more about the personalities involved than it does about prehistory. But it is through these personalities that in the end we have come to learn extraordinary things about the real origins of life on earth.

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How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think Were their modes of thought fundamentally different from ours today This book deals with these questions.

"Europe's Lost Civilization" is a travel adventure and a detective story; a physical, intellectual and spiritual quest into an ancient mystery.

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Examines the ways in which Aboriginal people interacted with their environment in the past at Fowlers Gap Station.

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Using his own experience as a professional archaeological surveyor and after five years patient computer-reanalysis of the earthwork and stone circle, the author reveals how he solved the key mystery of Stonehenge.

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Presents discoveries in the different fields of Ice Age Research. This book reveals how the epoch was discovered, the profound climatic fluctuations it generated as ice sheets waxed and waned, and the myriad ways in which humans and animals coped with the changing world they lived in.

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Illuminates the lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in politics, cultural life and religion. This book is suitable for students and Egyptophiles.

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Offering a survey of Greek vases, this book sketches their stylistic history. It explores the process of identifying artists; the methods of making and decorating the vases and the problems in doing so; the life of the potter; the pots' dissemination beyond Greece; and their functions in life, cult and as messengers of style and subject.

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This text describes 100 of the world's most important archaeological discoveries. Alongside the well-known are placed the equally important but less familiar, all of which have helped our understanding of the past.

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Describing the discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, this book examines the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region.