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  • Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes by Kuijsten, Marcel
    Marcel Kuijsten

    Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes

    Does consciousness inevitably arise in any sufficiently complex brain? Although widely accepted, this view inherited from Darwin's theory of evolution is supported by surprisingly little evidence. Offering an alternate view of the history of the human mind, Julian Jaynes's ideas challenge our preconceptions of...
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  • Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to Carthage, the Minoans, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, and Etruscans by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to Carthage, the Minoans, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, and Etruscans

    If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: Carthage: A Captivating Guide to the Carthaginian Empire and Its Conflicts with the Ancient Greek City-States and the Roman Republic in the Sicilian Wars...
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  • Aztec History: A Captivating Guide to the Aztec Empire, Mythology, and Civilization by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Aztec History: A Captivating Guide to the Aztec Empire, Mythology, and Civilization

    Did you know that the Aztecs sacrificed 500 to 700 people every year in order to satisfy Gods?For many years, the Aztecs have captured our imaginations. Stories from the original European invaders combined with unique, awe-inspiring ruins and legends that speak of palaces of...
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  • Warlords of Ancient Mexico: How the Mayans and Aztecs Ruled for More Than a Thousand Years by Tsouras, Peter G.
    Peter G. Tsouras

    Warlords of Ancient Mexico: How the Mayans and Aztecs Ruled for More Than a Thousand Years

    Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico. More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this intriguing study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico. Dozens of these charismatic leaders of nations and armies are brought...
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  • Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Wright, Robert
    Robert Wright

    Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

    In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history-and discerning where history will lead us next. In...
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  • A History of Venice by Norwich, John Julius
    John Julius Norwich

    A History of Venice

    As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end...
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  • The Roman Way by Hamilton, Edith
    Edith Hamilton

    The Roman Way

    In this now-classic history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts Roman life and spirit as they are revealed by the greatest writers of the age. Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, who was the quintessential...
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  • Achaemenid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the First Persian Empire Founded by Cyrus the Great, and How This Empire of Ancient Persia Foug by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Achaemenid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the First Persian Empire Founded by Cyrus the Great, and How This Empire of Ancient Persia Foug

    Did you know that the Achaemenid Persian Empire stretched from North Africa to Central Asia?If ranked by population percentage, the Achaemenid Empire, also known as the First Persian Empire, is the largest Empire the world has ever seen with 44% of the world's population...
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  • Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World; its Mythology and Hieroglyphs - Both Volumes in One by Massey, Gerald
    Gerald Massey

    Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World; its Mythology and Hieroglyphs - Both Volumes in One

    Gerald Massey's masterwork is presented to readers anew in this splendid new edition, which combines all twelve books plus the appendix into a single volume.A voracious student of Ancient Egypt, Massey's enquiries deepened and widened as years went by. This work, standing at over...
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  • Communism and the Conscience of the West by Sheen, Fulton J.
    Fulton J. Sheen

    Communism and the Conscience of the West

    Communism and the Conscience of the West revolves around the single, disconcerting idea that Communism, in both its ideological and practical forms, is on the conscience of the Western world. Because the West has broadly lost that spiritual sensibility which made it great, thus...
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  • Euripides Ten Plays by Euripides
    Euripides

    Euripides Ten Plays

    A modern translation exclusive to signet From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 0451527003ISBN-13: 9780451527004Publisher:...
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  • The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Lachman, Gary
    Gary Lachman

    The Secret Teachers of the Western World

    This epic study unveils the esoteric masters who have covertly impacted the intellectual development of the West, from Pythagoras and Zoroaster to the little-known modern icons Jean Gebser and Schwaller de Lubicz. Running alongside the mainstream of Western intellectual history there is another current...
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  • The World of Stonehenge by Garrow, Duncan
    Duncan Garrow

    The World of Stonehenge

    Stonehenge is one of the best known, but most misunderstood, monuments in the world. Contrary to common belief, it was not a static, unchanging structure built by shadowy figures or druids. Rather it represents the cumulative achievement of numerous generations who were woven into...
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  • America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition) by Bennett, William J.
    William J. Bennett

    America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition)

    A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter IsaacsonA decade ago, William J. Bennett published a...
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  • Ancient Giants: History, Myth, and Scientific Evidence from Around the World by Haze, Xaviant
    Xaviant Haze

    Ancient Giants: History, Myth, and Scientific Evidence from Around the World

    Investigates physical evidence, history, and myths to reveal the lost race of giants that once dominated the world - Reveals suppressed archaeological and scientific discoveries supporting the existence of a worldwide race of giants - Examines giant myths and legends from ancient religious texts...
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  • Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End by Freeman, Henry
    Henry Freeman

    Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End

    The SumeriansA legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and...
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  • The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind by Hancock, Graham
    Graham Hancock

    The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Two Egypt experts posit a revolutionary theory: The Sphinx and other great Egyptian monuments are older than common history books tell us and are arranged in such a way as to send us a message from the silent past. Graham Hancock...
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  • How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization by Beard, Mary
    Mary Beard

    How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization

    Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the...
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  • Fire: A Brief History by Pyne, Stephen J.
    Stephen J. Pyne

    Fire: A Brief History

    Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne--named by Science magazine as "the world's leading authority on...
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  • REALITY (New 2020 Edition) by Kingsley, Peter
    Peter Kingsley

    REALITY (New 2020 Edition)

    New and updated edition (2020) of this classic book first published in 2004REALITY introduces us to the extraordinary mystical tradition that lies right at the roots of western culture.This is the true story of Parmenides, Empedocles, and those like them: spiritual guides and experts...
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  • The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity by Shvets, Viktor
    Viktor Shvets

    The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity

    Do we need to be free to be innovative, prosperous, or even happy?The lessons of the last five centuries were unequivocal-without freedom, there could be no prosperity or happiness. However, does this still hold true in the Information Age?Modern technologies are disrupting our societies,...
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  • The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore by Ransome, Hilda M.
    Hilda M. Ransome

    The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore

    No creature has provided man with so much wholesome food as the honey bee. Equally impressive is the number of beliefs and superstitions the industrious insect has inspired. Its honey, which was known to the ancient Greeks as the "food of the Gods," played...
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  • REALITY (New 2020 Edition) by Kingsley, Peter
    Peter Kingsley

    REALITY (New 2020 Edition)

    New and updated edition (2020) of this classic book first published in 2004REALITY introduces us to the extraordinary mystical tradition that lies right at the roots of western culture.This is the true story of Parmenides, Empedocles, and those like them: spiritual guides and experts...
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  • The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to

    Explore the Captivating History of the Persian EmpireStudents of ancient history are well aware of the Persians. A still-present cultural and linguistic group, the Persians are the founders of today's modern-day nation of Iran. They trace their roots back to the Aryans of Northern...
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  • The Book of the City of Ladies by Pizan, Christine De
    Christine De Pizan

    The Book of the City of Ladies

    In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (1365-ca. 1429) builds an allegorical fortified city for women using examples of the important contributions women have made to Western Civilization and arguments that prove their intellectual and moral equality to...
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  • Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World [Two Volumes In One] by Massey, Gerald
    Gerald Massey

    Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World [Two Volumes In One]

    2014 Reprint of Original 1907 Edition Two Volumes in One]. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Massey was one of the first Egyptologists in modern times to suggest that with the final eclipse of the old Land of...
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  • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 by Darwin, John
    John Darwin

    After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000

    Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today....
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  • Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age by Durant, Will
    Will Durant

    Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age

    In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern...
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  • A Short History of Byzantium by Norwich, John Julius
    John Julius Norwich

    A Short History of Byzantium

    "Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recounts in a style that consistently entertains." --The New York Times Book Review In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John...
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  • Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19 by Quinlan, Heather E.
    Heather E. Quinlan

    Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19

    Pandemics can come in waves--like tidal waves. They change societies. They disrupt life. They end lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that...
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  • Aryanity: Forbidden History of the Aryan Race by Starfire, Orion
    Orion Starfire

    Aryanity: Forbidden History of the Aryan Race

    Reader beware, the information within this treatise is of a nature known in toto only to a handful of people in this world. Amongst the information within this treatise is of the most esoteric and occult nature concerning Atlantis the ancient Aryan race and...
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  • Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible by Goetzmann, William N.
    William N. Goetzmann

    Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible

    "[A] magnificent history of money and finance."--New York Times Book Review "Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."--Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and...
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  • Drunk as Lords by Murff, Richard J.
    Richard J. Murff

    Drunk as Lords

    We've always been soaks and boozers, convinced that a magic elixir would make us taller, charming and just a little less gross. Then we hard wired that bad idea into society.Drunk as Lords is a hilarious ramble through the What, How and Why of...
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  • Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia

    Explore the Captivating History of the Assyrian EmpireLocated in modern-day Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, the land between the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is where it all began. It's the part of the world where some 6,000 years ago people finally said goodbye to their...
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  • Atlantis in the Caribbean: And the Comet That Changed the World by Collins, Andrew
    Andrew Collins

    Atlantis in the Caribbean: And the Comet That Changed the World

    An in-depth investigation of the mounting evidence that Atlantis was located in the Bahamas and Caribbean, near Cuba in particular - Explains how Atlantis was destroyed by a comet, the same comet that formed the mysterious Carolina Bays - Reveals evidence of complex urban...
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  • The Story of Civilization Teacher's Manual: Volume I - The Ancient World by Tan Books
    Tan Books

    The Story of Civilization Teacher's Manual: Volume I - The Ancient World

    The Activity Book and companion Teacher's Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World, along with creative activities to accompany each chapter, including: - Reading comprehension questions - Narration Exercises - Map Activities - Coloring Pages...
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  • The Devil: A New Biography by Almond, Philip C.
    Philip C. Almond

    The Devil: A New Biography

    "Although the Devil still 'lives' in modern popular culture, for the past 250 years he has become marginal to the dominant concerns of Western intellectual thought. That life could not be thought or imagined without him, that he was a part of the everyday,...
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  • Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 by Eire, Carlos M. N.
    Carlos M. N. Eire

    Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650

    A lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced survey of Western civilization's transition from the Middle Ages to modernity brings that tumultuous period vividly to life. Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted...
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  • The Variae: The Complete Translation by Cassiodorus
    Cassiodorus

    The Variae: The Complete Translation

    Cassiodorus--famed throughout history as one of the great Christian exegetes of antiquity--spent most of his life as a high-ranking public official under the Ostrogothic King Theoderic and his heirs. He produced the Variae, a unique letter collection that gave witness to the sixth-century Mediterranean,...
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  • Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost Kingdoms of the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians, and Anasazi by Joseph, Frank
    Frank Joseph

    Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost Kingdoms of the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians, and Anasazi

    The examination of four great civilizations that existed before Columbus's arrival in North America offers evidence of sustained contact between the Old and New Worlds - Describes the cultural splendor, political might, and incredibly advanced technology of these precursors to our modern age -...
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  • The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present by Maier, Bernhard
    Bernhard Maier

    The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present

    Now in its second edition, this comprehensive history of the Celts draws on archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic evidence to provide a comprehensive and colourful overview from origins to the present. Divided into three parts, the first covers the continental Celts in prehistory and...
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  • Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization by Fagan, Brian
    Brian Fagan

    Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization

    Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing--not as sport but as sustenance--archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element...
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  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 3 by Gibbon, Edward
    Edward Gibbon

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 3

    Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political leaders...
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  • Southwestern Adventure: In the Footsteps of First Peoples: Mogollon, Hohokam, Salado and Sinagua (A travel and reference guide) by Royea, Michael
    Michael Royea

    Southwestern Adventure: In the Footsteps of First Peoples: Mogollon, Hohokam, Salado and Sinagua (A travel and reference guide)

    A travel and reference guide to ancient Arizona and New Mexico that's fun, exciting, and feels like a realistic trip into ancient history.Southwestern Adventure is divided into two parts: Part 1 covers 41 archaeological sites and museums, and Part 2 examines the history, culture,...
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  • Second Treatise of Government (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by Locke, John
    John Locke

    Second Treatise of Government (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

    The Second Treatise of Government outlines John Locke's theory of civil society. Locke begins by describing the state of nature, and argues that all men are created equal in the state of nature by God. From this, he goes on to explain the hypothetical...
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  • Digging Deeper: How Archaeology Works by Cline, Eric H.
    Eric H. Cline

    Digging Deeper: How Archaeology Works

    From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., an accessible primer to the archaeologist's craft An archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, Eric H. Cline has conducted fieldwork around the world, from Greece and Crete to Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. In Digging...
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  • Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization by Small, Meredith F.
    Meredith F. Small

    Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

    An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions--from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency--shaped modernity. How did a small, isolated city--with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday--come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the...
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  • Sacred Geometry of the Earth: The Ancient Matrix of Monuments and Mountains by Vidler, Mark
    Mark Vidler

    Sacred Geometry of the Earth: The Ancient Matrix of Monuments and Mountains

    Identifies the patterns of our planet's design within the natural landscape - Explains the geometry inherent in the mountains and coasts on all continents - Reveals how ancient monuments were built to reflect and enhance the Earth's design, often connecting sites around the world...
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  • American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction by Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer
    Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

    American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction

    Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn,...
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  • Ghosts of Atlantis: How the Echoes of Lost Civilizations Influence Our Modern World by Kenyon, J. Douglas
    J. Douglas Kenyon

    Ghosts of Atlantis: How the Echoes of Lost Civilizations Influence Our Modern World

    An intensive investigation into the evidence for a forgotten fountainhead of civilization lost at the end of the last ice age - Reveals evidence of advanced ancient technology, anomalous ancient maps, time travel, crystal science, ancient Armageddon, and Atlantis in the Bible - Explores...
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