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"Bonampak, Troy, Machu Picchu--these and other sites were . . . 'long lost' to the modern world. Then, using scientific tools, archaeologists revised and revitalized the stories of these 'lost' civilizations. Through color images and . . . facts presented in . . . text and . . . sidebars, students will learn how scientists rediscovered and scientifically dated murals, sculptures, and artifacts covered with grime or buried under ashes and stones"--Provided...
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An engaging and thought provoking film, Lost Civilizations reveals why we haven't heard about the great civilizations that once existed on the North American continent and why evidences of their origins and connections to living Native Americans have passed out of place and time.
4) Disinformation guide to ancient aliens, lost civilizations, astonishing archaeology & hidden history
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A collection of essays that discuss the origins of the human race and their culture.
7) The Minoans
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History of the Minoans, an ancient civilization unknown to historians until the 1870s.
13) The Etruscans
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The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as mysterious - a strange, unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley's new history of the Etruscans presents a different picture: of a people who traded with Greece and shaped the development of Rome, who inspired Renaissance artists and Romantic firebrands and whose influence...