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Naissance de l'homme: nouvelles découvertes, nouvelles énigmes
Par Robert Clarke. 2001
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Archéologie
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Alimentée aux connaissances récentes de la paléontologie et de la préhistoire, cette synthèse accessible passe en revue les différentes étapes…
de l'évolution humaine, à partir des premiers hominiens jusqu'à l'aube de l'histoire. L'auteur est détenteur du prix Glaxo pour la vulgarisation scientifique. [SDMMysteries of the mummies: the story of the unwrapping of a 2,000-year-old mummy by a team of experts
Par A. Rosalie David. 1978
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Sciences et technologies, Archéologie
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An account of how scientists and archaeologists have adopted new methods to further reveal the secrets of the past, as…
in the postmortem examination of a young girl dead for more than 2,000 years. Includes a brief explanation of Egyptian history and burial ritualsChasing Aphrodite: the hunt for looted antiquities at the world's richest museum
Par Jason Felch. 2011
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Etats-Unis (histoire), Arts et divertissement, Affaires et économie, Passe-temps et artisanat, Crime véritable , Politique et gouvernement, Archéologie
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In 2005, the art world was rocked by scandal when news broke that the prestigious J. Paul Getty Museum had…
a long history of purchasing looted antiquities. Beginning in the 1960's with Getty's purchase of questionable European statues, this story chronicles the rise of the world's richest museum, and documents how the museum's curators knowingly purchased stolen art until 2000, when a Rome magistrate sued for the return of Italian statues. California Book Award winner. Some strong languageA history of the world in twelve shipwrecks
Par David Gibbins. 2024
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Essais et documents généraux, Histoire, Archéologie
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The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The…
SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II. Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have been an inevitable part of human history. Archaeologists have made spectacular discoveries excavating these sunken ships, their protective underwater cocoon keeping evidence of past civilizations preserved. World renowned maritime archeologist David Gibbins ties together the stories of some of the most significant shipwrecks in time to form a single overarching narrative of world history. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks is not just the story of those ships, the people who sailed on them, and the cargo and treasure they carried, but also the story of the spread of people, religion, and ideas around the world; it is a story of colonialism, migration, and the indominable human spirit that continues today. Drawing on decades of experience, Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past that tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets