"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers-and hearts-in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro 'Corrie' Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...

Describes the work of archaeologists who have uncovered the artifacts of ancient India.

Learn about the discoveries that are bringing Egypt's history to light today.

An overview of the Caribbean island of Jamaica that includes information on its geography, history, government, lifestyles, language, customs, and current issues.

Jean Seznec was for many years a member of the faculty at Harvard University, and up until his death in 1983 he taught at All Souls College, Oxford, England. The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity--or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader first a discussion...

Jan N. Bremmer is Professor of the History of Religion at the Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, Holland. Jan Bremmer presents a provocative picture of the historical development of beliefs regarding the soul in ancient Greece. He argues that before Homer the Greeks distinguished between two types of soul, both identified with the individual: the free soul, which possessed no psychological attributes and was active only outside the body, as in dreams,...

"A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle. A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains of South-West Poland. A missing treasure, the eighth wonder of the world, lost for seven decades. One Russian magnate's dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events which will take the world to the brink of chaos. Only Frances Coffey, the CIA's most...

Ever since embarking on his first expedition to Mt. Ararat, Bob Cornuke, a biblical investigator and real life Indiana Jones, has had a passion shared by only a select group of explorers. Follow Cornuke as he brings this adventure to life and tries to be the one who makes the greatest archaeological discovery in human history - finding the remains of Noah's Ark. This documentary uses the Bible as a road map for uncovering its ancient mysteries. Based...

Following up on his two recent, widely acclaimed studies of ancient Israelite history and society, William Dever here reconstructs the practice of religion in ancient Israel from the bottom up. Archaeological excavations reveal numerous local and family shrines where sacrifices and other rituals were carried out. Intrigued by this "folk religion" in all its variety and vitality, Dever writes about ordinary people in ancient Israel and their everyday...

Im meinem neuen Buch wird versucht hinter das Alltagsleben zu schauen. Es zeigt Möglichkeiten auf wie sich der Mensch selbst besser kennenlernen kann. Es verhilft ihm die Oberflächlichkeit des Lebens zu hinterfragen um letztendlich das Leben eingebettet in größeren Zusammenhängen zu sehen und um es dadurch besser wahrzunehmen. Viele Fragen, die gestellt werden, sollen den Leser wachrütteln. Es soll verstehen wie und warum wir tagtäglich unsere...