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Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Shelby Apple is obsessed with re-imagining the full story of the Learned Man--a prehistoric man whose remains are believed to be the link between Africa and ancient Australia. From Vietnam to northern Africa and the Australian Outback, Shelby searches for understanding of this enigmatic man from the ancient past, unaware that the two men share a great deal in common. Some 40,000 years in the past, the Learned...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Nobody but the old wise-woman knows what truly happened to Aissa, the firstborn daughter of the priestess. If they saw the half-moon scars on the servant girl's wrists they would find it out, but who would look twice at lowly, mute No-Name? Only the Lady's cats, and the fireflies summoned by her silent song. Then the soldiers of Crete come, demanding children as tribute for their god-king's bull dances, and Aissa is determined to take destiny into...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Embark on an unforgettable trip into the historical glories of the past with these 24 lectures that immerse you in the history of an often overlooked region of the ancient world. With Professor Harl as your guide, you'll plunge into the history of Asia Minor's great ancient civilizations and come face to face with eye-opening historical milestones. Among these: the rise of the Hittites, the legendary Trojan War, the birth of Western philosophy, the...
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Offers evidence that visitors from outer space helped usher in humankind's first new age of scientific growth and spiritual enlightenment.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
Erich von Daniken unveils evidence of an intergalactic 'battle of the gods' whose losers retreated to, and settled, Earth. He explores a vast, mysterious underworld of caves filled with gold, and writings in solid gold that go back to the time of the Great Flood.
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Thousands of years ago, the Earth was a battlefield. These were the wars that would shape man's destiny-terrible conflicts that began lifetimes earlier on another planet. Parting the mists of time and myth, the internationally renowned scholar Zecharia Sitchin takes us back in this volume to the violent beginnings of the human story, when gods-not men-ruled the Earth. In a spellbinding reconstruction of epic events preserved in legends and ancient...
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Since earliest times, human beings have pondered the incomprehensible questions of the universe, life . . . and the afterlife. Where did mortal man go to join the immortal Gods? Was the immense and complex structure at Giza an Egyptian Pharaoh's portal to immortality? Or a pulsating beacon built by extraterrestrials for landing on Earth? In this second volume of his trailblazing series The Earth Chronicles, Zecharia Sitchin unveils secrets of the...
20) The lost realms
Author
Series
Earth chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquerors came to the New World in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. Instead, they encountered inexplicable phenomena that have puzzled scholars and historians ever since: massive stone edifices constructed in the Earth's most inaccessible regions . . . great monuments forged with impossible skill and unknown tools . . . intricate carvings describing events and places half a world away. Who were the bearded...
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