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Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history and architecture of the ancient world and featuring graphics, computer animation, and location footage. Visits the great monuments, pagodas, and temples of Buddhist Japan and considers the Samurai warriors and their code of Bushido which stresses honor, self-discipline, bravery, and simple living, as it examines the traditional society of Japan and its emphasis on balance, order, and calm.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Describes examples of technologies found in ancient civilizations that indicate the knowledge of steam power, magnetism, and other principles centuries before they were discoverered and exploited in more recent times as well as other technologies like the lifting of heavy stones in ancient architecture that are still not understood by modern man.
30) Egyptian art
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to the masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian art, spanning a timeline from the Third millennium BC Old Kingdom to the 9th century BC Late Period.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning historian, who has traveled to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, reveals the latest archaeological discoveries to bring these monuments and the distinct cultures that built back to life, taking us on a journey into the indomitable ambition and creativity of the human spirit.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The End Is Here. Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself - a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. An Impossible Maze. But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly. A Cataclysmic Conclusion. It all comes down to this....
Author
Publisher
Albatros
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"We admire the ancient wonders today, but somebody had to build them. No heavy machinery, no semitrucks, no cement mixers. How was it even possible to build such wonders as pyramids and temples in ancient times? Each one was unique, its beauty and magnificence lauded by the greatest poets and writers of the age. Everyone longed to see for themselves the Wonders of the World: the Colossus of Rhodes, the majestic Great Pyramids of Giza, the Lighthouse...
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