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Splendors of the past : lost cities of the ancient world / prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Oversize CB311 .S735
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinct cities.
- Civilization, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 295 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The Society, c1981.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- An introduction: cities lost and found
- The Sumerians of Mesopotamia
- The royal cities of Solomon
- Pompeii: city sealed in time
- The mysterious kingdom of Kush
- Angkor and the ancient Khmer
- The Hittites of Asia Minor
- Land of the Sinhalese kings
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Additional reading.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Additional reading": p. 295.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Col. Stephen Craig McCormick.
- ISBN:
- 0870443585
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