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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
Contributor:
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.
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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