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Vanished civilizations of the ancient world, edited by Edward Bacon ; texts by Henri Lhote [and others] 802 illustrations (211 in color, 539 photographs and drawings, 52 maps and charts)

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Vanished civilizations of the ancient world, edited by Edward Bacon ; texts by Henri Lhote [and others] 802 illustrations (211 in color, 539 photographs and drawings, 52 maps and charts)

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-348) and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vanished civilizations of the ancient world

Nature of contents

bibliography

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399022

Responsibility statement

edited by Edward Bacon ; texts by Henri Lhote [and others] 802 illustrations (211 in color, 539 photographs and drawings, 52 maps and charts)

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Edward Bacon -- The fertile Sahara: men, animals and art of a lost world / Henri Lhote -- City of black gold: the riddle of Zimbabwe / Roger Summers -- The X-group enigma: a little-known people of the Nubian Nile / L.P. Kirwan -- Who were the ancient Ainu?: Neolithic Japan and the white race of today / William Watson -- The collapse of the Khmers: the god-kings of lost Angkor / Christopher Pym -- The gods that failed: the glory and decay of Maya culture / J. Eric S. Thompson -- The Etruscan problem: an historic people who left no history / Donald Strong -- The Sabian mysteries: the planet cult of ancient Harran / J.B. Segal -- The peoples of the highland: the vanished cultures of Luristan, Mannai and Urartu / E.D. Phillips -- Bridge to the ancient east: the new knowledge of early Afghanistan / Edward Bacon -- The forgotten Sarmatians: a once mighty folk scattered among the nations / T. Sulimirski -- The migration of the megaliths: a new religion comes to ancient Europe / Gale Sieveking -- Navel of the world: the red-topped giants of lonely Easter Island / Thor Heyerdahl

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