Lost cities, ancient tombs: 100 discoveries that changed the world
"The story of human civilization, as told through 100 key discoveries spanning six continents, including firsthand reports from explorers, scientists, and antiquarians"--
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| Summary: | "The story of human civilization, as told through 100 key discoveries spanning six continents, including firsthand reports from explorers, scientists, and antiquarians"-- |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Introduction / by Douglas Preston -- 3.6 mya-50,000 B.C: Bones of our ancestors. The first steps of humankind ; Walking with Lucy ; The toolmaker of Olduvai gorge ; The curious case of Dmanisi ; Homo naledi defies definition ; The ancestor in a test tube ; The tiny people time forgot ; New light on Neanderthals. -- 50,000-3000 B.C.: The dawn of culture. Rock art of Aboriginal Dreamtime ; Ice Age artists ; The most ancient Americans ; The world's oldest temple ; The first true city ; The fate of Ötzi the iceman ; If stones could speak ; Masterpieces of the Sahara. -- 3000-1500 B.C.: The foundations of society. The dawn of ancient Egypt ; Untold riches in Ur's royal tombs ; Peaceful cities of the Indus valley ; Egypt's pyramid builders ; The "princess" of Khok Phanom Di ; Knossos' cryptic tablets ; The law code of Hammurabit ; The Minoan "Pompeii". -- 1500-1000 B.C.: Converging worlds. Hattusha's written records ; The Uluburun shipwreck ; Letters to the pharaohs ; Mycenae, more than myth ; Tomb of a teenage pharaoh ; The legend of Troy ; Rediscovering the Shang ; Armies clash at the causeway ; A settlement left in haste. -- 1000-500 B.C.: Ancient tribes & dynasties. Beyond the blue horizon ; Homes of the high and mighty ; The search for King David ; Mexico's colossal stone heads ; Pyramids of the black pharaohs ; Cities of the dead ; Babylon's crowning glory ; The Celtic King Tut ; Persepolis, pride of Persia. -- 500-200 B.C: An age of artisans. Riding with the Amazons ; The Nebra sky disk ; Warriors from a watery grave ; The crown jewel of Athens ; Thracian gold ; The Nok Terra-cottas ; Macedonian tombs of Vergina ; Sunken cities of the pharaohs ; China's Terra-cotta warriors ; Probing the Antikythera mechanism | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 200 B.C.-A.D. 75: Rituals & religion. Cracking the hieroglyphic code ; Europe's eerie bog bodies ; Maya masterpieces revealed ; Dead Sea Scrolls ; Treasure lost and found ; Caesarea Maritima's ambitious harbor ; Spirits in the sand ; Standoff at Masada. -- A.D. 75-600: Tombs & temples. Petra, ancient city of stone ; Last moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum ; An untouched royal tomb ; City of kings and commoners ; Teotihuacan's cosmic vision ; Jerusalem's holy sepulchre ; Rescuing Mes Aynak ; The mosaics of Huqoq ; The caves of Ajanta ; Ghost ship of Sutton Hoo. -- A.D. 600-1000: Surprises & mysteries. Cemetery of the golden chiefs ; The Oseberg ship ; Andean treasures, untouched ; The people of Petroglyph canyon ; The shining city of Moorish Spain ; The new world's first Europeans ; Mud-brick maze of Jenne-jeno ; The enigma of Easter Island. -- A.D. 1000-1200: Great builders. The magnificent Angkor Wat ; A sacred Maya landscape ; Lost city of the Monkey God ; Cahokia, an American capital ; The old ones of the southwest ; The city of great Zimbabwe ; East Africa's crossroads. -- 1200-1600: Sovereigns & citizens. London's bones ; The Birch-Bark scrolls ; The drowned fleet of Kublai Khan ; Ruins of the Templo Mayor ; The lost town of Machu Picchu ; A treasure trove of knowledge ; Frozen mumies of the Andes ; Shipwreck of the Mary Rose. -- 1600-present: A changing world order. Settling the rainforest ; The cold truth of Jamestown ; What the thaw reveals ; The wicked city of Port Royal ; America's last slave ship ; The disappearance of the H. L. Hunley ; Finding the Titanic. -- Afterword / by Fredrik Hiebert | |
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| contents | Introduction / by Douglas Preston -- 3.6 mya-50,000 B.C: Bones of our ancestors. The first steps of humankind ; Walking with Lucy ; The toolmaker of Olduvai gorge ; The curious case of Dmanisi ; Homo naledi defies definition ; The ancestor in a test tube ; The tiny people time forgot ; New light on Neanderthals. -- 50,000-3000 B.C.: The dawn of culture. Rock art of Aboriginal Dreamtime ; Ice Age artists ; The most ancient Americans ; The world's oldest temple ; The first true city ; The fate of Ötzi the iceman ; If stones could speak ; Masterpieces of the Sahara. -- 3000-1500 B.C.: The foundations of society. The dawn of ancient Egypt ; Untold riches in Ur's royal tombs ; Peaceful cities of the Indus valley ; Egypt's pyramid builders ; The "princess" of Khok Phanom Di ; Knossos' cryptic tablets ; The law code of Hammurabit ; The Minoan "Pompeii". -- 1500-1000 B.C.: Converging worlds. Hattusha's written records ; The Uluburun shipwreck ; Letters to the pharaohs ; Mycenae, more than myth ; Tomb of a teenage pharaoh ; The legend of Troy ; Rediscovering the Shang ; Armies clash at the causeway ; A settlement left in haste. -- 1000-500 B.C.: Ancient tribes & dynasties. Beyond the blue horizon ; Homes of the high and mighty ; The search for King David ; Mexico's colossal stone heads ; Pyramids of the black pharaohs ; Cities of the dead ; Babylon's crowning glory ; The Celtic King Tut ; Persepolis, pride of Persia. -- 500-200 B.C: An age of artisans. Riding with the Amazons ; The Nebra sky disk ; Warriors from a watery grave ; The crown jewel of Athens ; Thracian gold ; The Nok Terra-cottas ; Macedonian tombs of Vergina ; Sunken cities of the pharaohs ; China's Terra-cotta warriors ; Probing the Antikythera mechanism 200 B.C.-A.D. 75: Rituals & religion. Cracking the hieroglyphic code ; Europe's eerie bog bodies ; Maya masterpieces revealed ; Dead Sea Scrolls ; Treasure lost and found ; Caesarea Maritima's ambitious harbor ; Spirits in the sand ; Standoff at Masada. -- A.D. 75-600: Tombs & temples. Petra, ancient city of stone ; Last moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum ; An untouched royal tomb ; City of kings and commoners ; Teotihuacan's cosmic vision ; Jerusalem's holy sepulchre ; Rescuing Mes Aynak ; The mosaics of Huqoq ; The caves of Ajanta ; Ghost ship of Sutton Hoo. -- A.D. 600-1000: Surprises & mysteries. Cemetery of the golden chiefs ; The Oseberg ship ; Andean treasures, untouched ; The people of Petroglyph canyon ; The shining city of Moorish Spain ; The new world's first Europeans ; Mud-brick maze of Jenne-jeno ; The enigma of Easter Island. -- A.D. 1000-1200: Great builders. The magnificent Angkor Wat ; A sacred Maya landscape ; Lost city of the Monkey God ; Cahokia, an American capital ; The old ones of the southwest ; The city of great Zimbabwe ; East Africa's crossroads. -- 1200-1600: Sovereigns & citizens. London's bones ; The Birch-Bark scrolls ; The drowned fleet of Kublai Khan ; Ruins of the Templo Mayor ; The lost town of Machu Picchu ; A treasure trove of knowledge ; Frozen mumies of the Andes ; Shipwreck of the Mary Rose. -- 1600-present: A changing world order. Settling the rainforest ; The cold truth of Jamestown ; What the thaw reveals ; The wicked city of Port Royal ; America's last slave ship ; The disappearance of the H. L. Hunley ; Finding the Titanic. -- Afterword / by Fredrik Hiebert |
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| spelling | Lost cities, ancient tombs 100 discoveries that changed the world Ann R. Williams, general editor ; introduction by Douglas Preston ; afterword by Fredrik Hiebert One hundred discoveries that changed the world Washington, D.C. National Geographic [2021] © 2021 512 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction / by Douglas Preston -- 3.6 mya-50,000 B.C: Bones of our ancestors. The first steps of humankind ; Walking with Lucy ; The toolmaker of Olduvai gorge ; The curious case of Dmanisi ; Homo naledi defies definition ; The ancestor in a test tube ; The tiny people time forgot ; New light on Neanderthals. -- 50,000-3000 B.C.: The dawn of culture. Rock art of Aboriginal Dreamtime ; Ice Age artists ; The most ancient Americans ; The world's oldest temple ; The first true city ; The fate of Ötzi the iceman ; If stones could speak ; Masterpieces of the Sahara. -- 3000-1500 B.C.: The foundations of society. The dawn of ancient Egypt ; Untold riches in Ur's royal tombs ; Peaceful cities of the Indus valley ; Egypt's pyramid builders ; The "princess" of Khok Phanom Di ; Knossos' cryptic tablets ; The law code of Hammurabit ; The Minoan "Pompeii". -- 1500-1000 B.C.: Converging worlds. Hattusha's written records ; The Uluburun shipwreck ; Letters to the pharaohs ; Mycenae, more than myth ; Tomb of a teenage pharaoh ; The legend of Troy ; Rediscovering the Shang ; Armies clash at the causeway ; A settlement left in haste. -- 1000-500 B.C.: Ancient tribes & dynasties. Beyond the blue horizon ; Homes of the high and mighty ; The search for King David ; Mexico's colossal stone heads ; Pyramids of the black pharaohs ; Cities of the dead ; Babylon's crowning glory ; The Celtic King Tut ; Persepolis, pride of Persia. -- 500-200 B.C: An age of artisans. Riding with the Amazons ; The Nebra sky disk ; Warriors from a watery grave ; The crown jewel of Athens ; Thracian gold ; The Nok Terra-cottas ; Macedonian tombs of Vergina ; Sunken cities of the pharaohs ; China's Terra-cotta warriors ; Probing the Antikythera mechanism 200 B.C.-A.D. 75: Rituals & religion. Cracking the hieroglyphic code ; Europe's eerie bog bodies ; Maya masterpieces revealed ; Dead Sea Scrolls ; Treasure lost and found ; Caesarea Maritima's ambitious harbor ; Spirits in the sand ; Standoff at Masada. -- A.D. 75-600: Tombs & temples. Petra, ancient city of stone ; Last moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum ; An untouched royal tomb ; City of kings and commoners ; Teotihuacan's cosmic vision ; Jerusalem's holy sepulchre ; Rescuing Mes Aynak ; The mosaics of Huqoq ; The caves of Ajanta ; Ghost ship of Sutton Hoo. -- A.D. 600-1000: Surprises & mysteries. Cemetery of the golden chiefs ; The Oseberg ship ; Andean treasures, untouched ; The people of Petroglyph canyon ; The shining city of Moorish Spain ; The new world's first Europeans ; Mud-brick maze of Jenne-jeno ; The enigma of Easter Island. -- A.D. 1000-1200: Great builders. The magnificent Angkor Wat ; A sacred Maya landscape ; Lost city of the Monkey God ; Cahokia, an American capital ; The old ones of the southwest ; The city of great Zimbabwe ; East Africa's crossroads. -- 1200-1600: Sovereigns & citizens. London's bones ; The Birch-Bark scrolls ; The drowned fleet of Kublai Khan ; Ruins of the Templo Mayor ; The lost town of Machu Picchu ; A treasure trove of knowledge ; Frozen mumies of the Andes ; Shipwreck of the Mary Rose. -- 1600-present: A changing world order. Settling the rainforest ; The cold truth of Jamestown ; What the thaw reveals ; The wicked city of Port Royal ; America's last slave ship ; The disappearance of the H. L. Hunley ; Finding the Titanic. -- Afterword / by Fredrik Hiebert "The story of human civilization, as told through 100 key discoveries spanning six continents, including firsthand reports from explorers, scientists, and antiquarians"-- Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 gnd rswk-swf Archäologie (DE-588)4002827-6 gnd rswk-swf Archaeology Civilization, Ancient Extinct cities Tombs SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology Archäologie (DE-2581)TH000008005 gbd Ausgrabungen (DE-2581)TH000008164 gbd Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 s Geschichte z Archäologie (DE-588)4002827-6 s DE-604 Williams, Ann R. (DE-588)1252351763 edt Preston, Douglas J. 1956- (DE-588)124348467 win Hiebert, Fredrik T. (DE-588)1053434766 aft Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4262-2199-6 |
| spellingShingle | Lost cities, ancient tombs 100 discoveries that changed the world Introduction / by Douglas Preston -- 3.6 mya-50,000 B.C: Bones of our ancestors. The first steps of humankind ; Walking with Lucy ; The toolmaker of Olduvai gorge ; The curious case of Dmanisi ; Homo naledi defies definition ; The ancestor in a test tube ; The tiny people time forgot ; New light on Neanderthals. -- 50,000-3000 B.C.: The dawn of culture. Rock art of Aboriginal Dreamtime ; Ice Age artists ; The most ancient Americans ; The world's oldest temple ; The first true city ; The fate of Ötzi the iceman ; If stones could speak ; Masterpieces of the Sahara. -- 3000-1500 B.C.: The foundations of society. The dawn of ancient Egypt ; Untold riches in Ur's royal tombs ; Peaceful cities of the Indus valley ; Egypt's pyramid builders ; The "princess" of Khok Phanom Di ; Knossos' cryptic tablets ; The law code of Hammurabit ; The Minoan "Pompeii". -- 1500-1000 B.C.: Converging worlds. Hattusha's written records ; The Uluburun shipwreck ; Letters to the pharaohs ; Mycenae, more than myth ; Tomb of a teenage pharaoh ; The legend of Troy ; Rediscovering the Shang ; Armies clash at the causeway ; A settlement left in haste. -- 1000-500 B.C.: Ancient tribes & dynasties. Beyond the blue horizon ; Homes of the high and mighty ; The search for King David ; Mexico's colossal stone heads ; Pyramids of the black pharaohs ; Cities of the dead ; Babylon's crowning glory ; The Celtic King Tut ; Persepolis, pride of Persia. -- 500-200 B.C: An age of artisans. Riding with the Amazons ; The Nebra sky disk ; Warriors from a watery grave ; The crown jewel of Athens ; Thracian gold ; The Nok Terra-cottas ; Macedonian tombs of Vergina ; Sunken cities of the pharaohs ; China's Terra-cotta warriors ; Probing the Antikythera mechanism 200 B.C.-A.D. 75: Rituals & religion. Cracking the hieroglyphic code ; Europe's eerie bog bodies ; Maya masterpieces revealed ; Dead Sea Scrolls ; Treasure lost and found ; Caesarea Maritima's ambitious harbor ; Spirits in the sand ; Standoff at Masada. -- A.D. 75-600: Tombs & temples. Petra, ancient city of stone ; Last moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum ; An untouched royal tomb ; City of kings and commoners ; Teotihuacan's cosmic vision ; Jerusalem's holy sepulchre ; Rescuing Mes Aynak ; The mosaics of Huqoq ; The caves of Ajanta ; Ghost ship of Sutton Hoo. -- A.D. 600-1000: Surprises & mysteries. Cemetery of the golden chiefs ; The Oseberg ship ; Andean treasures, untouched ; The people of Petroglyph canyon ; The shining city of Moorish Spain ; The new world's first Europeans ; Mud-brick maze of Jenne-jeno ; The enigma of Easter Island. -- A.D. 1000-1200: Great builders. The magnificent Angkor Wat ; A sacred Maya landscape ; Lost city of the Monkey God ; Cahokia, an American capital ; The old ones of the southwest ; The city of great Zimbabwe ; East Africa's crossroads. -- 1200-1600: Sovereigns & citizens. London's bones ; The Birch-Bark scrolls ; The drowned fleet of Kublai Khan ; Ruins of the Templo Mayor ; The lost town of Machu Picchu ; A treasure trove of knowledge ; Frozen mumies of the Andes ; Shipwreck of the Mary Rose. -- 1600-present: A changing world order. Settling the rainforest ; The cold truth of Jamestown ; What the thaw reveals ; The wicked city of Port Royal ; America's last slave ship ; The disappearance of the H. L. Hunley ; Finding the Titanic. -- Afterword / by Fredrik Hiebert Zivilisation (DE-588)4067906-8 gnd Archäologie (DE-588)4002827-6 gnd |
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| title | Lost cities, ancient tombs 100 discoveries that changed the world |
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| title_full | Lost cities, ancient tombs 100 discoveries that changed the world Ann R. Williams, general editor ; introduction by Douglas Preston ; afterword by Fredrik Hiebert |
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