History's mysteries
Subtitle: people, places, and oddities lost in the sands of time
By: by Brian Haughton.
Publisher: New Page Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Franklin Lakes, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781601631077; 9781601637321
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient -- Miscellanea; Curiosities and wonders; Geography, Ancient; Historic sites; Historic buildings; Antiquities; Prehistoric peoples; Biography -- To 500
Genres: Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mysterious places; title: Lyonesse (England); title: The mysteries of Royston Cave (England); title: Rennes-le-Château (France); title: Cape Sounion (Greece); title: Akrotiri and the destruction of Thera (Greece); title: Solomon's Temple and the Jehoash inscription (Israel); title: Göbekli Tepe (Turkey); title: The Tower of Babel in Ancient Babylonia (Iraq); title: The world's oldest pyramid : the Step Pyramid at Saqqara (Egypt); title: Nabta Playa (Egypt); title: The Taj Mahal (India); title: Great Zimbabwe (South Africa); title: Newport Tower (USA); title: Mesa Verde (USA); title: Tenochtitlan (Mexico); title: Unexplained artifacts; title: The Stone of Destiny (Ireland / Scotland); title: The mystery of the Ogham stones (Ireland/UK); title: The Coligny calendar (France); title: The Glozel tablets (France); title: The puzzle of the golden hats (Central Europe); title: Paleolithic Venus figurines (Europe/Western Asia); title: The Uluburun shipwreck (Turkey); title: The iron pillar of Delhi (India); title: The Dendera lamps (Egypt); title: The Oak Island treasure (USA); title: Enigmatic people; title: Merlin the magician (England/Scotland); title: Boudica (England); title: Nero and the great fire of Rome (Italy); title: The Ida fossil (Germany); title: Hypatia of Alexandria (Egypt); title: Cleopatra : the last pharaoh of Egypt (Egypt); title: Who were the Phoenicians? (Lebanon); title: The mound builders (USA); title: The Olmec (Mexico); title: The Neanderthals (the world)