Civilization one
Subtitle: the world is not as you thought it was
By: Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
Contributors: Butler, Alan, 1951-
Publisher: Watkins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781842931608
Subjects: Weights and measures, Ancient; Measurement -- History; Science, Ancient; Civilization, Ancient
Description: This is the extraordinary story of how a quest to try to crack the mystery of the "Megalithic Yard" - an ancient unit of linear measurement - led to the discovery of compelling evidence pointing to the existence of an unknown, highly advanced culture which was the precusor to the earliest known civilizations such as the Sumerians and the Egyptians. There must have been a Civilization One.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index