This was a relatively short volumn, less than 200 pages but jammed full of details related to the state of England before the invasion by the Romans (first by Julius Caesar) and then the impacts of that invasion before the Romans finally evacuated the island 300+ years later. I had a bit of difficulty following […]
This is a reprint of the Illustrated Edition of 1882 In a very real sense, this is the classic source book for all the stories related to Atlantis, together with interesting illustrations. For anyone who is at the least interested in the story or the legend, this is required reading. Some notes: 1 – The […]
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Their History, Culture, and Character The author, Samuel Kramer, is perhaps the most excellent writer on the topic of the Sumerians. I have a number of his books and I have always found them to be well written, excellently researched and totally inciteful in their analysis. This is certainly no exception. Highly, highly recommended. Some […]
An non-traditional examination of pre-history. The traditional view of human “civilization” is that it all stated in Sumer (Iran/Iraq) when writing was formalized and used to inscribe clay tablets. There is even a book I own titled “History Began At Sumer”. The author challenges this by pointing out a wide variety of evidence that humans […]
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Found this book in an antique shop in Albuquerque, NM last Christmas……Yes, Christmas…not….whatever the anti-Christmas folks say…. This is a very nicely done documentation associated with the excavation of a Royal Peruvian tomb. The story of the site is rather standard in many ways: locals stumble upon an unknown treasure site by accident, loot it, […]
This book was another recommendation from Jim at Alla in Santa Fe. The book is a bit of a mixed bag. It is very long on details related to inscriptions which makes for some tedious reading. There are a lot of illustrations that go with these and I had a hard time relating the two. […]
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Let me state at the outset that I think this is one of the most important books ever written. I had this book on my shelf of unread books for a long time. I had actually tried to start it once but put it down as I did not feel ready to read it and […]
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This is the latest book I’ve read by this author. He has been very prolific and is quite the expert in Egyptology. I’ve read at least 6 of his books. Found this one in a book store by my doctor’s office. One needs to really, really be interested in the topic of Egypt to read […]
Not sure where this book came from or what the motivation to purchase it was. A bit steep for someone without a serious interest in ancient architecture. On the other hand, it was interesting to learn how the pieces were put together about how this town was built. I did not finish it, one of […]
A quite well done history of the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian language. There were quite a few persons who had made the attempt to understand the language of the monuments and papyrus documents but none were successful until Jean Francois Champollion took up the task at the ripe old age of 16. This is […]
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From the back cover…says it better than I might: Describing recent research done in the Combe-Grenal and Pech de l’Aze caves; this book describes the inter-disciplinary approach to and methodology of excavation used by French anthropologists and geologists. A history of the research done in these caves is traced and the information gathered on the […]
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The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru This is a fairly recent book which take a somewhat unconventional view of the drawings and conflicts with the “conventional wisdom”. Or at least the standard view as presented by Maria Reiche, who has been the “Dean” of the field for a long time. […]
This is perhaps the fourth book I’ve read about Schliemann and this one is distinct in that it was written very shortly after the man’s death and as a result has a different, more topical view of the man and his discoveries. Schliemann was an extraordinary fellow who made a fortune in the business world […]
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This is a book that I have wanted a copy of for years. I forget where I found it – most likely in a used book store somewhere. It is rather rare and was a tad expensive. It is in excellent condition. I have encountered a fair number of references to the text inside the […]
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Before Writing, From Counting to Cuniform, Schmandt-Besserat I ran into a reference to this work, and the other companions as yet unread while looking into some additional details related to Marshak’s work. It took a real effort to locate a copy of the books and they proved to be quite expensive. This copy came from […]
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The Arts and Crafts of Travancore, Kramrisch, Poduval and Cousins Printed by the Royal India and Pakastan Society. Found this in an antique shop somewhere and just had to buy it. Travancore is a “province”, if that is the right term (and I doubt it is) for an area of India at the southern tip, […]
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