| 1. | ![]() | A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
from William Morrow & Company
Customer Review:
Note: It looks like I have offended some Mormons who don't want you to read this book. Nevertheless, science won't go away. Your "helpful" votes are appreciated
Schele and Freidel's book takes you into the mind of the ancient Maya, where bloodletting induced visions that opened doors into the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Companion Book to the Exhibition sponsored by National Geographic
from National Geographic
Price: $23.10
Customer Review:
This stunning comapnion book is a must for all King Tut fans. We JUST returned from the exhibit in Dallas, Texas (Dallas Museum of Art). Missed it in LA in 1978, but was NOT going to let this exhibit get away.
Fabulous book..... | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
from Plume
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
Patrick Hunt put together a delightful little book from the themes he covers in a popular college course, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History. This well written book takes the reader on a journey across the globe and back and forth through time.
As a Biblical historian, I found the text not... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook
from Houghton Mifflin Co
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
Ok, first the standard disclaimer: I am one of the contributors of one short essay to this volume...so I won't review my own essay on Blood Run National Historic Landmark ;-) However, there are over 370 sites and essays from every region and every era of the United States in this encyclopediac... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Historical Archaeology (2nd Edition)
from Prentice Hall
Price: $57.96
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Fagan and Orser, the two foremost names in the field of historical archaeology team up to write the definitive book on the subject. A must read for all archaeologists. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | They Died With Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn
from University of Oklahoma Press
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
This is a very interesting and engrossing analysis of the skeletal remains from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The authors have handled their material well, except for the repetitiveness. It's as if each wrote something for the book and everything was then used somewhere in it instead of being... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
from Destiny Books
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
I grew up in Nova Scotia,not far from Oak Island and have been interested in the mysterious money pit since the 1950's.Since those days, there has been a continual stream of events,searchings and reports of attempts to solve,evidence reported,stories and books written;but the solution to the... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | Images of the Recent Past: Readings in Historical Archaeology
from AltaMira Press
Price: $93.50
Customer Review:
A disappointing collection of previously published articles. Lack of coherent themes, and difficult to use as an introductory/classroom text. | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of Little Bighorn
from University of Oklahoma Press
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
Archaeology and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, what's there not to like! Nicely written with fascinating photographs. Starting at $8, what a bargain! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Review:
Pytheas was a native of the Greek colony of Massalia (Marseilles), who may have made a remarkable journey around the Atlantic coast of Europe 2,300 years ago. His book has been lost, no fragments survive, and he is known to us only through commentators. He apparently visited Britain -- the... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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