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New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! A detailed look at life in Egypt--from the pharaoh and his courtiers, through the mystical rites of the priests, to the world of the workers in the fields. Featuring stunning items from the tomb of Tutankhamun and jewelry from the royal palaces, Eyewitness Ancient Egypt shows how Egyptian palaces were constructed and how Egyptian nobles lived. Find out how they prepared for the afterlife...
10) Ancient Rome
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"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
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E one
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 DVD (223 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explore the ancient cities of Greece, the magnificent temples, the ruins of the Greek Islands, and the influence of the Greek culture throughout the region. Includes state-of-the-art computer graphics, spectacular on-location photography, and research from the world's leading archaeologists. Originally aired on The History Channel.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
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ix, 117 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
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This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
20) Dawn of the Maya
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NGHT
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explore with National Geographic the last frontier of knowledge about the Ancient Maya as archaeologists uncover evidence of an early Maya culture more dynamic and sophisticated than ever believed.
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