Story of the World Ancients


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Ch 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42
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Discusses important archaeological finds from Rome and reveals how archaeologists use the latest technology to discover clues to its ancient civilization.
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Ch 6, 14, 15
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Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.
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Ch 28, 29
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Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.
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Ch 10, 32, 33
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Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.
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Spine
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"Welcome to the museum! Here you will find a collection of objects from ancient civilisations. Objects of beauty, functionality, war, life, death and burial. As you wander from room to room, explore the magnificence of what civilisations have left behind over thousands of years of human history!"--
Book cover for "Mummies made in Egypt"
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Ch 2, 4, 12, 13
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Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Book cover for "The mysteries of the Trojan War"
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Ch 24
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"An exploration of the questions and mysteries that have puzzled scholars and experts about the Trojan War. Features include a map, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on the archaeology of the area in which the war is thought to have taken place, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--
Book cover for "Where is the Parthenon?"
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Ch 21, 22, 24
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"Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the Parthenon. Much of the sculpture...