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The Crossing Places
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The Crossing Places

By Elly Griffiths ,

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Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ivarr to A.D. 1014
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Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland

By Clare Downham ,

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

By Edward Gibbon ,

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Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society
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Facts on the Ground

By Nadia Abu El-Haj ,

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Tunnels
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Tunnels

By Roderick Gordon , Brian Williams ,

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A History of Archaeological Thought
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A History of Archaeological Thought

By Bruce G. Trigger ,

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Birthright
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Birthright

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The Kingdom of the Hittites
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The Kingdom of the Hittites

By Trevor Bryce ,

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The Vikings: Wolves of War
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The Vikings

By Martin Arnold ,

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A Brief History of the Romans
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A Brief History of the Romans

By Richard J.A. Talbert , Noel Lenski , Daniel J. Gargola , Mary T. Boatwright

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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen

By A.C. Mace , Howard Carter ,

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The Pharaoh's Shadow: Travels in Ancient and Modern Egypt
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The Pharaoh's Shadow

By Anthony Sattin ,

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The Complete Pompeii
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The Complete Pompeii

By Joanne Berry ,

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Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults
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Greek Mysteries

By Michael B. Cosmopoulos (editor) ,

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Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt
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Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt

By John Baines , Jaromir Malek ,

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The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World
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The Last Imaginary Place

By Robert McGhee ,

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Studies into the Balts' Sacred Places
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Studies into the Balts' Sacred Places

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Bones, Boats, & Bison: Archeology and the First Colonization of Western North America
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Bones, Boats, & Bison

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Where the South Winds Blow: Ancient Evidence for Paleo South Americans
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Where the South Winds Blow

By Laura Miotti (editor) , Monica Salemme (editor) , Nora Flegenheimer (editor)

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A Laboratory for Anthropology: Science and Romanticism in the American Southwest, 1846-1930
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A Laboratory for Anthropology

By Don D. Fowler ,

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Knossos & the Prophets of Modernism
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Knossos & the Prophets of Modernism

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Drawing in the Dust
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Drawing in the Dust

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A Talent For War
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A Talent For War

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In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma
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In Search of Chaco

By David Grant Noble (editor) ,

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The Mesa Verde World: Explorations in Ancestral Pueblo Archaeology
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The Mesa Verde World

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Babylon Rising
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Babylon Rising

By Tim LaHaye , Greg Dinallo ,

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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself
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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs

By Mark Collier , Bill Manley , Richard Parkinson (illustrator)

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Seeking Whom He May Devour
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Seeking Whom He May Devour

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Thinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology
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Thinking from Things

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Recreating the Past
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Recreating the Past

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Curse Of The Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies
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Curse Of The Pharaohs

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Genes, Peoples and Languages
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Genes, Peoples and Languages

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Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia's Afar Depression
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Adventures in the Bone Trade

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Dug to Death: A Tale of Archaeological Method and Mayhem
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Dug to Death

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