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Sigma Force novels volume 11
Description
A series of strange events throws the world into turmoil. As a manned Chinese rocket explodes upon launch, three American astronauts, each separated by thousands of miles, are murdered. Then an archaeologist in Croatia uncovers a new cavern system that reveals elaborate primitive paintings by a tribe of Neanderthals. The artwork, painted in blood, illustrates an immense battle between the Neanderthals and frightening shadowy figures. Who is the ancient...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A new documentary from Werner Herzog follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any previous discovery.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
Thirty thousand years ago, an imaginative child sees the shapes of animals in clouds and on the walls of the cave he shares with his family, but no one else can see them until he makes the world's first drawing. Includes author's note on cave drawings.
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Description
"Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel were looking for buried treasure when they explored a cave in the south of France in 1940. But the treasure inside was not what they expected, and in fact far more valuable: the walls were covered with stunning prehistoric paintings and engravings, preserved within the sealed cave for over 17,000 years. This is the true story of the boys who discovered the cave of Lascaux, bringing to the modern world powerful examples...
7) Oh no! Not again!: (or how I built a time machine to save history) (or at least my history grade)
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
When she does not get a perfect score on her history test, a young girl builds a time machine to remedy the situation.
11) Cave paintings
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"Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects that once belonged to his grandfather: paper and crayons."--
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