Ancient Mysteries. Discover the latest intriguiging, Scientifically sound explinations to Age-old puzzles

684 Pages·2001·93.81 MB·English

by  Peter James

Nick Thorpe
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Egypt. .ancient
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astronauts to lost roman
armies. .tlahuanaco to the
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Somerset zodiac. .Dracula to
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Edgar Cayce. .mystical Druids to
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elusive Amazons. .the
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riddle of the Sphinx to
THE GRAVE OF KING ARTHUR..
DISCOVER THE ST INTRIGUING
ALLY SOUND EXPLANATIONS
TO AGE-OLD PU
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discoverAmerica?Did
RobinHoodreallyexist?How
doestheStarofBethlehemfit __
intothescienceofastronomy?IstheVinlandMapa
fake?Canarchaeologistsusespiritmessagestoguide
theirwork?
Forcenturies,philosophers,scientists,andcharlatans
haveattemptedtodecipherthebafflingmysteriesof
ourpast,fromStonehengetothelostcontinentof
Atlantis.Today,however,DNAtesting,radiocarbon
dating,andothercutting-edgeinvestigativetools,
togetherwithahealthydoseofcommonsense,are
guidingusclosertothetruth.
PeterJamesandNickThorpe,theprofessional
historianandarchaeologistteamwhocreatedthe
acclaimedAncientInventions,nowtackletheseage-old
conundrums,presentingthelatestinformationfrom
—
thescientificcommunity andthemoststartling
challengestotraditionalexplanationsofmysteries
suchas
TheriseandfalloftheMaya
AlostcacheofDeadSeaScrolls
ThecurseofTutankhamun
ThedevastationofSodomandGomorrah
TheNazcaLines
Thesetruemysterystoriestwistandturnlikeagood
whodunit,asJamesandThorpepresenttheevidence
forandagainsttheexperttheories,sheddingnewlight
onhumankind'sage-oldstruggletomakesenseofthe
past.Theauthorsalsomakedramaticcontributionsof
theirowntothefray,demonstratingpersuasively
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ANCIENT
MYSTERIES
PETER JAMES
&
NICK THORPE
BallantineBooks•NewYork
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Ancientmysteries/PeterJamesandNickThorpe.
p. cm.
ISBN0-345-40195-6(a—lk.paper) — —
1.Civilization,Ancient Miscellanea. 2.Antiquities Miscellanea. 3.Curiositiesandwonders Miscellanea.
I.Thorpe,Nick. II.Tide.
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