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Romer, John: HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY: GREAT EXCAVATIONS OF THE WORLD, New York Facts on File, Incorporated 2001
0816046263 As New

<B> The History of Archaeology traces the history of this science from its inception in eighteenth century Pompeii to the present day. <P><B> With detailed text and hundreds of full-color photographs, it describes the scientific advances made by key figures, such as C. J. Thomsen; renowned personalities of archaeology, such as Giovanni Belzoni; and important events in archaeological history, such as the development of Carbon 14 dating by scientists in the 1950s. Each of the book's five sections describes the history of one of the basic themes in archaeology, including: The search for treasure trove The search for the origins of humankind and civilization The search for "scientific" proof of the truth of ancient writings and of holy scripture The constant, continuing search for ancient pedigree for every modern nation and culture The universal re-occurring question, "What were our ancestors really like?" FROM THE CRITICS VOYA Romer presents an informative and fascinating account of the origins and history of archaeology, although not in chronological order. The work is divided into five sections that discuss the basic themes of archaeology. These themes reveal man's continual quest for knowledge about his ancestors and the origins of humankind, the search for treasure, scientific validation of ancient writings and holy scriptures, and the desire to verify a nation's ancestral lineage. Historians throughout Europe collected and catalogued relics, often keeping their findings to increase their personal wealth and prestige. Many of these acquisitions occurred purely by accident or by decree of kings or wealthy landowners seeking to increase their power. The unearthing of the theater and town of Herculaneum in 1736 Italy began what now is considered modern archaeology. The published accounts in 1748 of the discovery further encouraged wealthy European gentry, scholars, soldiers, vicars, and other adventurers to look for more buried treasure. Future expeditions revealed treasures in Egypt, Asia, and the Americas and evidence of prehistoric life in Europe and Africa. These major excavations from the late 1700s to 1980 highlight the tomb of King Tut, ancient cities of Jerusalem, pyramids in Mexico, and humanoid bones in France and Germany and preserved human footprints in Tanzania. Over the years, archaeology developed into a more structured discipline, using uniform classification systems and information-gathering techniques and Carbon 14 dating. Romer's informal but detailed descriptions and profuse color and black-and-white photos, prints, and charts make this a valuable reference for high school research. Index.Illus. Photos. Bibliography, 216 pages, Ages 15 to 18. Booknews: Romer (an archaeologist, formerly affiliated with the University of Chicago) traces the history of archaeology from its inception in eighteenth-century Pompeii to the present day. Each of the book's five sections describes the history of a basic theme in the discipline, including the search for treasure troves, the search for the origins of humankind and civilization, the search to verify ancient writings and scripture, the search for the origins of every modern nation and culture, and the quest to understand our ancestors. Photographs and engravings are prominently featured.</B><P> As New Book Jacket Hardcover 9 x 12"

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Wills, Christopher: The Spark of Life, Cambridge, Mass. Perseus Publishing 2000
0-7382-0196-0 AS NEW CONDITION

From the Publisher The definitive story-in all its fascinating detail-of the search for life's beginnings. "A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life." -Nature Where did we come from? Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths, as many believe, but on Earth's tumultuous surface, where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material, perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves, it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere. Author Biography: Christopher Wills is Professor of Biology at the University of California at San Diego. His books include Yellow Fever, Black Goddess and Children of Prometheus. Jeffrey Bada is Professor of Marine Chemistry and Director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Nature A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life. Synopsis The definitive story-in all its fascinating detail-of the search for life's beginnings. "A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life." -Nature Where did we come from? Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths, as many believe, but on Earth's tumultuous surface, where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material, perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves, it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere. Author Biography: Christopher Wills is Professor of Biology at the University of California at San Diego. His books include Yellow Fever, Black Goddess and Children of Prometheus. Jeffrey Bada is Professor of Marine Chemistry and Director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Nature A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life. Biography Jeffrey Bada is Professor of Marine Chemistry and Director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Hardcover 7 x 10"

[SW: Life, planet, Organisms, History]

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Debolt, Margaret Wayt: Savannah Spectres: And Other Strange Tales -SIGNED- Virginia Beach Donning Co. Pub. 2002
0898652014 Near Fine Cover Photo: "Coldbrook Plantation House", a late-eighteenth-century dwelling in West Chatham County

-----Large soft cover, clean tight and square, flat uncreased spine, -SIGNED by author, 295 pages with over 30 photos and illustrations. "Incidents of precognition, extrasensory perception, deja vu and possible reincarnation are included in this personal & highly readable account of a search for the deeper meaning of life & death through psychic experience." Contents include: Intro: "In Search of Spectres" / The Door Opens / The Man With a Knife / Search at the Pirates' House / Coldbrook" Can This Plantation be Saves? / "That House" on East St. Julian Street / Willie and Nellie: A Love Story / Grove Point Plantation: Rumors of War and Piracy / The House on Victory Drive / Mary Telfair's Museum / A Spectral Cat at the Davenport House / A Rocking Ghost at the Scarbrough House / The Doll Museum's Univited Guest / Ghosts A La Carte / A House on Monterey Square / The Ghosts of Fort Pulaski / Remembering Major Gallie / Full Moon at Fort Screven / Ghost-Hunting at Race Path School / The Chill on the Stairs / The Calculating Ghost on West Perry Street / The Woman in the Bedroom / "Deja Vu" at Candler Hospital / The Phantom Thunderbird / "The Honest Ghost" of Greenwich / The Hauted Library / Sunlight and Shadow at Colonial Cemetery / Echoes from Laurel Grove Cemetery / Memories of a Shipbuilder / The Psychic Life of John Wesley / Who is Lady Huntingdon, & Why is She Walking at Bethesday? / The Possessive Presence at the Pink House / Close Encounters of the Spectral Kind on Jones Street / To Lay a Ghost / Spectres: In Conclusion / (plus many, many more, a total of 70 stories in all). Any image directly beside this listing is tha actual book and not a stock photo Signed by Author Reprint Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: -----Large soft cover, clean tight and square, flat uncreased spine, -SIGNED by author, 295 pages. Contents include: Intro: "In Search of Spectres" / The Door Opens / The Man With a Knife / Search at the Pirates' House / Coldbrook" Can This Plantation be Saves? / "That House" on East St. Julian Street / Willie and Nellie: A Love Story / Grove Point Plantation: Rumors of War and Piracy / The House on Victory Drive / Mary Telfair's Museum / A Spectral Cat at the Davenport House / A Rocking Ghost at the Scarbrough House / The Doll Museum's Univited Guest / Ghosts A La Carte / A House on Monterey Square / The Ghosts of Fort Pulaski / Remembering Major Gallie / Full Moon at Fort Screven / Ghost-Hunting at Race Path School / The Chill on the Stairs / The Calculating Ghost on West Perry Street / The Woman in the Bedroom / "Deja Vu" at Candler Hospital / The Phantom Thunderbird / "The Honest Ghost" of Greenwich / The Hauted Library / Sunlight and Shadow at Colonial Cemetery / Echoes from Laurel Grove Cemetery / Memories of a Shipbuilder / The Psychic Life of John Wesley / Who is Lady Huntingdon, & Why is She Walking at Bethesday? / The Possessive Presence at the Pink House / Close Encounters of the Spectral Kind on Jones Street / To Lay a Ghost / Spectres: In Conclusion / (plus many, many more, a total of 70 stories in all). Any image directly beside this listing is tha actual book and not a stock Photo, "Incidents of precognition, extrasensory perception, deja vu and possible reincarnation are included in this personal & highly readable account of a search for the deeper meaning of life & death through psychic experience. Donning Co. Pub. Unexplained Phenomenon/Occult]

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Carri, Sebastian J Gavesanam Or On the Track of the Cow And In Search of the Mysterious World And In Search of the Hidden Light: Carri, Sebastian J Gavesanam Or On the Track of the Cow And In Search of the Mysterious World And In Search of the Hidden Light, Wiesbaden Verlag Harrassowitz ISBN: 3447042745
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Carri, Sebastian J Gavesanam Or On the Track of the Cow And In Search of the Mysterious World And In Search of the Hidden Light Verlag : Harrassowitz, O ISBN : 3-447-04274-5 Einband : Kartoniert Seiten/Umfang : IX, 355 Seiten, 4 Abbildung(en) - 17 × 24 cm Erschienen : 1. Auflage 2000 Gewicht : 650 g Preisinfo : 84,00 Eur[D] Aus der Reihe : Beitr. z. Kenntnis südasiat. Sprachen u. Lit. 6 Gavesanam deals with the Vedic discourse on many levels. It is mostly with the Rgvedic and the Yajurvedic texts, that is, with the hymns and the ritual texts, that it does so. The work shows a search for an insight into the highly cultivated poetic mind of the Rsis, which displays mystery and myth, knowledge and secrecy in their creations. The first two chapters illustrate with some clarity the method which is adopted in order to come to grips with a few of the symbolic and metaphorical, mythic and ritualistic texts and lays the foundation for the rest of the essay. The approach is interpretive and, therefore, necessarily speculative. In the main, the procedure is neither classificatory nor descriptive of the texts, since many scholars have done excellent work in this manner. The present exercise highlights the importance of the Vedic Ida, the Vedic World, the Vedic gods and goddesses like the Mitravaruna, Agni, Vak, Visnu, Sarasvat, Soma, and so on, from an interpretive point of view. A few figures make comprehension easier and more concrete. The work as a whole may be considered to be a long essay of progressive approximations, which means that the thoughts that are presented have to be corrected and complemented by further approximations in a truly academic and scientific spirit. Such an effort opens a new way for a better understanding and appreciation of the Vedic and the post-Vedic literature and culture. Buch

[SW: Beiträge zur Kenntnis Südasiatischer Sprachen und Literaturen]

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