Category: Archaeology and Palaeontology

El Dorado : Colombian Gold. a Selection of Gold Objects from the Museo Del Oro, Bogota, Columbia Which Toured Australia in 1978

Price: $13.17

Publisher: Australia, Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation : 1978

Seller ID: 8831

ISBN-13: 9780724114139

Condition: Very Good

Bibliography. Catalogue from exhibition which toured Australia 1978. B/w and colour photos, detailed text. 600gms weight; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 160 pages
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THE UNEXPLAINED FILES Enigmas of Mind, Space and Time

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Book Company International : 1996

Seller ID: 16814

ISBN-13: 9781863091800

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Creased top edge to dustjacket

Illustrated b/w and colour selection of stories on unexplained and paranormal phenomena, Brazilian surgeon, Ufos, spirit photos, ancient myths, psychic researc. 1.25kg weight; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 246 pages
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TREASURES OF BRITAIN AND TREASURES OF IRELAND

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Drive Publications : 1968

Seller ID: 21136

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good; Covered in clear plastic, tape marks on endpapers. Owner's name top edge of title page

Index, published for the Automobile Association , foldout maps. 1.8kg weight; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 670 pages
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Vanished Civilizations

Price: $21.50

Publisher: London, Reader's Digest : 2002

Seller ID: 37244

ISBN-13: 9780276426582

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

As new looks unread. Index, glossary. "Provides information on the history, culture, and archaeology of forty cities and other locations of the ancient world." 1.75kg weight; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 322 pages
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STEALING HISTORY Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World

By: Atwood, Roger

Price: $14.50

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin : 2004

Seller ID: 23314

ISBN-13: 9780312324070

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Index. 500gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages
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WRITTEN IN BONES How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead

By: Bahn, Paul (Ed)

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Sydney, Gary Allen Pty Ltd : 2002

Seller ID: 20516

ISBN-13: 9781877082085

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Index, bibliography, research into burials, rituals and findings from ancient tombs and skeletons help archaeologists. 680gms weight ; Color Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages
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PERU BEFORE PIZARRO

By: Bankes, George

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Oxford, Phaidon Press : 1977

Seller ID: 15154

ISBN-13: 9780714817859

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good-; Rubbing to spine edge

Index, b/w and colour photos, an intricate picture of life in ancient Peru based on archaeological investigations, research with local Indians. 500 grams weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages
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Ancient Records of Egypt The First through the Seventeenth Dynasties, Vol. 1. Translated and Edited by James Henry Breasted

By: Breasted, James Henry (Ed)

Price: $36.50

Publisher: University of Illinois Press : 2001

Seller ID: 27816

ISBN-13: 9780252069901

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Clean text no creases. 550gms weight; 8.80 X 6 X 0.70 inches; 344 pages
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM

By: Burnett, Andrew And Reeve, John

Price: $16.50

Publisher: British Museum Press : 2001

Seller ID: 21943

ISBN-13: 9780714121963

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Index. History and activities of the staff. 450gms weight; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages
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Living Fossils with Eighty-Three Drawings by Jane Burton

By: Burton, Maurice

Price: $10.50

Publisher: London, Thames and Hudson : 1954

Seller ID: 1536

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

282p, index, A living fossil is a plant or animal that has survived beyond its era, while many other closely related species have become extinct. Egglaying mammals, king crabs, flightless birds, causes of extinction and survival and monsters and mystery animals.83 drawings, charts diagrams by Jane Burton his daughter. Dent to bottom edge of back cloth bound cover less than half inch, bottom edge of spine worn. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo
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THEY WROTE ON CLAY The Babylonian Tablets Speak Today

By: Chiera, Edward ; Cameron, George G (Ed)

Price: $8.50

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Seller ID: 24483

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+; Yellowed paper, wear to edges of cover

Printed 1962 . Pioneering work on the clay tablets from ancient times. 250gms weight ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages
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THE CRYSTAL SKULLS Astonishing Portals to Mans Past

By: Childress, David Hatcher and Mehler, Stephen S.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press : 2008

Seller ID: 20347

ISBN-13: 9781931882767

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Bibliography. Background to the discovery and study of crystal skulls. What unknown hands carved these mysterious skulls perhaps over 12,000 years ago? Do they really have the power of life and death? In 1927, while searching for the lost civilisation of Atlantis, archaeologists discovered in the ruins of a Mayan city a perfect replica of a human skull, exquisitely carved and polished from a single piece of quartz crystal. It is clearly the product of a sophisticated civilisation - yet its age has been estimated at 12,000 years! A number of life-size crystal skulls are kwn to exist. Where did ...
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FIGURINES, SLAVES AND SOLDIERS L THE IRON AGE FIGURINES FROM THE EUPHRATES VALLEY, NORTH SYRIA

By: Clayton, Victoria

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Melbourne, K & H Publishing : 2013

Seller ID: 33303

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Index, bibliography. 400gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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THE OLD WALL OF THE CITY OF LONDON

By: Cooke, Norman

Price: $12.50

Publisher: The Corporation of London : 1951

Seller ID: 21087

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good; Name on top edge of front cover.

Stapled booklet with map showing the position of London Wall. 100gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages
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Return to the Stars Evidence for the Impossible

By: Daniken, Erich Von; translated by Michael Heron

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd : 1970

Seller ID: 29156

ISBN-13: 9780285502987

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner's name blacked out ffep.

September 1972 reprint. Index, bibliography; B&W Photographs; 8.86 X 5.50 X 0.98 inches; 194 pages
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MYSTERIES OF THE MUMMIES The Story of the Manchester University Investigation

By: David, Rosalie (Ed)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Book Club Associates : 1978

Seller ID: 16232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Light creases to edge of dustjacket.

Index. Well illustrated b/w and colour photos of the post-mortem conducted at Manchester University on an Egyptian mummy, "1770" a young girl filmed by the BBC. 600gms weight; Book Club Edition; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages
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