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This is the freshest, most dynamic, most informative, and most fun to read book on Ancient Egypt on the market today. Kids learn how they can become experts on Ancient Egypt as they browse the incredible, eye-popping photographs and absorb the layers and layers of authoritative information made extra fun through a lively and humour-infused presentation.
Cuando las naves europeas tomaron contacto, en el siglo XV, con lo que luego se llamaría América, el continente era un hervidero de etnias y culturas, algunas de ellas muy sofisticadas desde el punto de vista social. Incas, aztecas y mayas son los más conocidos, pero no surgieron de la nada sino que fueron la culminación de un largo proceso de evolución cultural, a lo largo del cual existieron otras civilizaciones que no podemos ignorar, ya que ello nos impediría entender el significado de las culturas posteriores. Este libro pretende valorar dicho proceso evolutivo y contemplar las culturas precolombinas más conocidas como resultado del mismo.(*CR*)
Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding! Here is an original and exciting guide to the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas -- and the people who went before them. Stunning full-color photographs of weapons and tools, sculpture, metalwork and ceramics offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these rich and complex civilizations. See an Aztec sacrificial knife, a Teotihuacan mask made from turquoise and coral, a life-size statue of an eagle warrior and a Peruvian mummy bundle. Learn what a Mayan market looked like, why jade was so valuable to the people of Mesoamerica, the techniques used by Aztec goldsmiths and why the quetzal bird was so important. Discover why the Aztecs made human sacrifices, how to play the ball game, what sort of clothes Mayan women wore and how the Mayan calendar worked. And much, much more!
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They Pyramids at Giza in Egypt have stood for over 4,500 years, and the amazing feat of their construction is shrouded in mystery. This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tries to answer some of the riddles about them and the people who built them. Discover what archeological finds have revealed about life on the banks of the Nile during the Pyramid Age. See the pyramids and temples of Egypt and Mexico in breathtaking detail, as well as statues of pharaohs, officials, workers, and religious texts written on stone and papyrus thousands of years ago. Reconstructions show the step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, the interior passages of the Great Pyramid, and a pyramid being built. Pyramid is a unique and fascinating introduction to the mysteries of these striking and colossal structures.
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DK's classic look at Ancient Rome, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.
