Unearthing ancient worlds
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1) Palenque
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Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico… In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors' accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed...
2) Pompeii
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An ancient city unearthed... In the 1730s, Charles of Bourbon, king of the area around present-day Naples, Italy, learned that local peasants were finding marble and other ancient objects when they dug their wells. He sent army colonel Rocque Joachin Alcubierre and later Karl Jacob Weber to explore the area. Working in darkness with only torches to light their way, Alcubierre's and Weber's crews of workers tunneled through hardened mud. The crews...
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Twenty-First Century Books
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c2009
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Discusses past and present archaeological work and study on Easter Island while addressing questions about the island's past and the massive moai remains: Who built them and when? What was their purpose? How did Easter Islanders raise the massive stones?
6) Troy
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Twenty-First Century Books
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c2009
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The amazing story of the discovery of Troy and the man who found it.
