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Weird, wild, and little-known facts about long-lost empires from the New York Times-bestselling author . . . To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at them The Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BC A dead man won an early Olympic event Nero not only ...
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English
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"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...
4) Lost worlds
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[2009]
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95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2010.
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3 videodiscs (470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Each episode features a journey to find new clues about one of humankind's most enduring mysteries. On-location shooting, high-tech gadgetry, as well as visual and audio analysis unite with modern-day forensics in an attempt to bring us one step closer to the truth behind history's biggest questions.
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Pub. Date
1999.
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xvi, 651 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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Presents the latest scientific information on many age-old mysteries including Atlantis, the star of Bethlehem, Stonehenge, the Sphinx, the first Americans, Amazons, Dracula, King Arthur's grave, the curse of Tutankhamun and more.
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1987.
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240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm
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English
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Includes material on the Notre Dame Cathedral at Chartres, Stonehenge, the Delphi oracle, the Tower of Babel, North American mounds, Shangri-La, Atlantis, the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Nazca Lines Site in Peru, Easter Island, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Pueblo sites in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Angkor, Cambodia, Troy, Jerusalem, Mecca, the English leys, and Eldorado.
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