Dorset’s World Heritage Coast: An Archaeological Guide (An Archeological Guide)
Dorset’s coastline is justly famous for its geology; its archaeological heritage deserves to be better known. This guide, which takes the form of an exploration of the Dorset coastal path from Studland to Lyme Regis, aims to achieve this by showing the reader how to recognize and interpret traces of past human activity, and how to distinguish these from the effects of natural processes. Every period of the past from the late Stone Age to the present is represented in this narrow strip of southern Britain, and almost all types of archaeological sites from burials and settlements to industrial and military are encountered in the book. A section of the guide groups the sites in chronological order and provides a summary of the most important historical changes they illustrate.
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Fully illustrated in color, this book gives an overview of all the historical sites in and around Alexandria, from the earliest Ptolemaic remains submerged under the sea, through the Greco-Roman catacombs, to the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic landmarks of the city. All the city’s museums are also covered.
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read moreThe Holy Land: Archaeological Guide to Israel, Sinai and Jordan (White Star Guides)
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read moreGreece: A Guide to the Archaeological Sites (Archaeological Guide)
This volume provides a photographic tour of the architectural and artistic treasures of Ancient Greece. It shows the remains and ruins as they are in the 21st century and reconstruct them as they were at the height of Hellenic power. All the famous sites, buildings, marbles and paintings are shown.
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read moreAncient Ruins of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide (Arizona and the Southwest)
While visiting New Mexico, eleven-year-old Kathy comes across a mysterious jawless skull, an ancient Indian artifact, discovers the Cave of Knowing, and is told that she is the Chosen One to solve an old conflict.
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read moreAmorium: A Byzantine City in Anatolia – An Archaeological Guide (Homer Archaeological Guides)
Although less well known than some Anatolian sites, it is Amorium’s significance as a major settlement after the Roman period that makes it so important. The excavation programme’s main aim has been to shed light on the Byzantine settlement that flourished here until the 11th century AD. This guidebook is an attempt to fill in some of the gaps in the archaeology, and to bring the city and its history back to life.