| Description |
x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Travel back through the Times and piece together history with John Noble Wilford, Marlise Fowler, William J. Broad, and other award-winning writers". -- Jacket. |
| Contents |
Humans' earliest footprints discovered / John Noble Wilford -- Prehistoric art treasure is found in French cave. Vast Stone Age art gallery is found, but dam may flood it / Marlise Simons -- "Venus" figurines from Ice Age rediscovered in an antique shop. Iceman's Stone Age outfit offers clues to a culture / John Noble Wilford -- World of ancient iceman comes into focus / Brenda Fowler -- First settlers domesticated pigs before crops. Remaking the wheel : evolution of the chariot. Enduring mystery solved as tin is found in Turkey / John Noble Wilford -- Finding suggests weaving preceded settled life / Brenda Fowler -- Another ancient innovation : city planning / John Noble Wilford -- Why live in Russia? : maybe mammoths were the lure / Michael Specter -- Ancient clay horse is found in Syria. Lost capital of a fabled kingdom found in Syria. Tomb of Ramses II's many sons is found in Egypt. Long-lost field notes help decode treasure / John Noble Wilford -- Forgotten riches of King Tut : his wardrobe / Brenda Fowler -- Santorini volcanic ash, traced afar, gives a date of 1623 B.C. / Walter Sullivan. |
| Subject |
Archaeology.
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Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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| Added Author |
Wade, Nicholas.
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| Added Title |
Science times.
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| ISBN |
1558218939 |
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9781558218932 |
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