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Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9. National Geographic Society, 1985. Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. 403 illustrations in full color and brown tones, and 24 maps. Brown cloth binding with gilt border, elaborate design on front, sharp and bright gilt lettering on spine. Very clean, bright, unmarked. Very heavy book, solid and tight. Square with sharp corners. Interior is pristine. A Maya ruin illustration on the jacket. Jacket is bright, colorful, clean, with a small tear to spine head, rear lower edge has tear reinforced with tape, slight wear to other extremities.The story of how the science that explores human cultures and origins-archaeology-came into being, a tale of tourists and treasure hunters, adventurers and excavators, and teams of scientists trekking into the desert or diving into the ocean. This book brings the readers the delights of forgotten… Read More

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2001. Paperback in Near Fine Condition. 428 pp., illustrated with photos, charts, diagrams. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid book. 6.5 x 9.5 inches with Glossary and Index.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 2003. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Includes articles about Faking Biblical History, Linking Archaeology witn Espionage, Druids, Stonehenge, Sport and Maya Kings, Easter Island, and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 79 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 2003, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Includes prize images from the second annual photo contest and a Special Report about the Moche of Peru; the Caves of Ajanta; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 92 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Featuring articles about: the Etruscans, who inhabited central Italy during the first millenium B.C.; Late Roman amulets from Sepphoris; Artworks looted from Cyprus's Churches; and more. 72 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1998, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 2003. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Includes articles about Pompeii, the Spoils of War--How conflicts fuel the illicit antiquities trade, the forensic genius of Mikhail Gerasimov, China's Three Gorges Dam, and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 72 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 2003, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Harper and Row, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Out-of-Print Book in Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. Essays by various archaeologists and anthropologists, on work at 54 sites indicated on the maps on endpapers. Illustrated with drawings, maps, one fold out map, and photos. Green cloth binding, clean and unmarked, three blind stamped prehistoric animals on front; edges and spine ends rubbed. Sewn binding tight & solid, spine has a slight wobble. Endpapers with maps, with locations of archaeological sites numbered, inked in notations at various locations with names and dates where prev owner visited (it appears this is what it is), in different countries. Pages quite clean, no underlining or highlighting, no markings or creases. 522 pages with bibliography and index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Harper and Row, New York, 1959.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout, cover corners lightly creased. Articles include: Last Days of the Philistines; The Wreck of the Santo Antonio de Tanna; Replicating the Ships of Columbus; Voyage of the Sarsfield Nina; A Study in Progressive Penology; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 72 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout, cover corners lightly creased. Articles include: Shoring Up The Temple of Athena by Spencer Harrington; Fifth in a Series of Articles marking the 500th Anniversary of the arrival of Columbus in the New World; Letters From a Roman Garrison- documents excavated at the fort of Vindolanda which shed light on Roman writing habits and some aspects of army life; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 88 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout, cover corners creased. Articles include one about a Frenchman prehistorian who replicates the famous spotted horse panel of Pech Merle, by Michael Lorblanchet; Prize pictures-winners of Archaeology's first annual photo contest; Unraveling the remains of Ankh-hap the Egyptian, by Frank Holt; Paintings and Potsherds, by Russell Skowronek; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 84 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1991, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

USA: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust jacket in Very Good Condition. Over 80 illustrations. Ten maps of countries with excavation sites indicated. Handsome solid volume in brown cloth gilt titled, very clean, no marks, lower edges rubbed. Top edge of text block with one small, light spot. Internals in Fine Condition. Frontispiece: an ideal head in the style of Lysippus, late 4th century B.C. Pictorial jacket is clean, rubbed with color worn through on front in places, light corner and spine head and heel wear. Photograph on front is a view of Petra. Explore the discoveries of the 1960s, a period of greater activity in this field than any other. The author describes the work and fascinating items found at major sites-the early settlements of Catal Huyuk and Hacilar in central Turkey, in Mongolia and Western Australia, and traditional sites in Greece and the Middle East. 293 pages. 7 x… Read More

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout, cover corners lightly creased. Articles about Egypt and the Rise of Greece; High Art of the Aztecs; Burma's City of Shrines; Battle of the Teutoberg Forest; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 92 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1993. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Includes articles about the ancient world, digging in the Depression--stark times and FDR's New Deal, exploding ceramics, Mediterrean ruins, Mycenaen civilization, and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 80 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1993, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

New York: Archaeological Institute Of America, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact, illustrations throughout. Includes: Exclusive from Egypt: Dating the Pyramids, Napoleon's Last Fleet, Oasis of the Dead--Roman era tombs southwest of Cairo; Myth of the Hunter-Gatherer; High Tech Digging"; and regular columns: Timelines, Newsbriefs, Films, Books, Forum, Letters, Further Reading, The Authors, etc. 84 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1999, Archaeological Institute Of America, New York.

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact. Illustrations throughout. Includes articles: A Thousand Years of History in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter; Nahman Avigad, 1905-1992; Sepphoris-an Urban Portrait of Jesus; Another View of " Dead Sea Scrolls Scandal"; and more. 78 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

Washington, D. C: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact. Illustrations throughout. Includes: Ancient Cities in the Holy Land; The Philistines and the Dothans-An Archaeological Romance Part II; Capernaum from Jesus' Time and After; Herod's Temple in East Anglia; and more. 96 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1993, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1990. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Good Condition--generally clean, unmarked, all pages intact, some wrinkling of pages and damp stain on a few pages. Illustrations throughout. Featuring articles about Merenptah Portrayer of Israel, Jericho's Destruction, Pictures of Israelites found in Egypt, the Bottlenecks of Archaeological Publication, The Difference Betwewen Scholarly Mistakes and Scholarly Concealment, and more. 75 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1990, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact. Illustrations throughout. Includes: The Garden of Gethsemane; Cherubim-God's Throns; Of Cherubim and Gospel Symbols; From Camels to Computers; and more. 80 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1995, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1992. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, all pages intact. Illustrations throughout. Includes articles: The Bible Scholar Who Became An Undercover Agent; Rediscovered-The Land of Geshur; Mystery Circles; Masada-Arms and Man; and more. 88 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1992, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC

Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Biblical Archaeology Journal in Very Good Condition--clean, unmarked, cover corners creases, all pages intact. Illustrations throughout. Includes: How to Tell a Samaritan Synagogue from a Jewish Synagogue; The Egytiianizing of Canaan; Breaking the Missing Link; Israel in Exile; First Impression-What We Learn from King Ahaz's Seal; and more. 72 pages. 8.2 x 11 inches. 1998, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, DC