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Free Shipping Location: Sequim, United States Any translation errors are unintentional and strictly mine. The central hole on the collared disk was seen as a window to the Heavens, Ancestors, and ... moreGods (“Shên ” in Chinese). This disk served as an oracle or portal to one’s Ancestors in Heaven, in Chinese “Tian. ”.
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Free Shipping Location: Sequim, United States The round shape of the amulet with a large hole in the center represents Heaven or “Tien ” in Chinese. The three Heaven Birds were thought to safely carry ... morethe soul and prayers for the departed intoTien for immortality with the Ancestors.
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Free Shipping Location: Sequim, United States That’s right, this wonderful ritual jade axe symbolizes the military authority and high status of its ancient Chinese owner, that is symbolized by two ... moreFire-Breathing Dragons--the omnipotent beasts used to denote the Emperor, who was the literal "Son of Heaven.
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$7.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Ferndale, United States Publisher: Ashmolean Museum (1978). Pages: 100. The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in Britain, housing Oxford University's unrivaled collection ... moreof antiquities. The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in Britain, housing Oxford University's unrivalled collection of antiquities.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Examine the historical truths behind Jason, Odysseus, Atlantis. Presenting an expert, informative narrative of the great cultures of a bygone world as ... morewell as exciting recent discoveries that shed new light on the fabled but little-known mariners of the long past, “Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers” is a book as important as it is fascinating.
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$4.99 Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Lummi Island, United States The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Translated by Frances Winwar- Complete and Unabridged. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover with Dust Jacket: 666 pages. Publisher: ... moreThe Modern Library; 1955) The Decameron' is a fascinating example of classic literature that remains fresh and entertaining today. Written in the mid-14th century. It concerns the first major outbreak of the black plague in Europe, which emerged in Italy in approximately 1347. Boccaccio begins, in the prologue, by stating his purpose for writing the book- namely, to entertain literate women with nothing else to do with their time. The story itself concerns ten young Florentines(seven women- Pampinea, Filomena, Neifile, Fiammetta, Elissa, Lauretta, and Emilia; and three men- Panfilo, Dioneo, and Filostrato) who flee the city in hopes of escaping the plague. To occupy themselves during this time, they tell each other stories, with each person telling one story per day to make a total of 100 stories over the course of the entire book. At the beginning of the first day, Boccaccio provides an excellent and detailed description of the plague itself. The book ends with the refugees returning to their homes, and a closing epilogue from the author. CONDITION: Shelf wear and soiling to Dust Jacket. Yellowing pages and in good condition. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR JACKET DESCRIPTION(S) AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEW: REVIEW: The Decameron is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. Recounted by young citizens of Florence who have fled the city in order to escape the plague. These young unmarried nobles, the"beautiful people" of the age, decide to wait out the Florentine plague in their country estates, amusing each other every evening with earthy stories, some outright bawdy, others pointing to a moral. This Italian book, written in 1351, inspired Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Balzac, and remains one of the most enjoyable an
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Lummi Island, United States Luciano Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. He recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks ... morein brief chapters that marry the craft of the novelist and the discipline of the historian.
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Free Shipping Location: Cyprus Indeed, no more than a minority of the work of any major Roman historian has survived. In 10,000 BC inPrehistory, the world population had stood at 2 ... moremillion, rising to 45 million by 3,000 BC. By the rise of theIron Age in 1,000 BC, the population had risen to 72 million.
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$4.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States Chronicles of The Celts by Iain Zaczek. DESCRIPTION: Softcover: 159 pages. Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company. Inc. 1996) ISBN: 0806999489. The Celtic ... moreworld. As it existing in three separate countries with a common spirit and tradition; Ireland, Wales, and Brittany, is brilliantly revealed in these exciting epic chronicles with 120 evocative photographs of artifacts, manuscripts, and landscapes that bring the Celtic world to life as never before. Ireland, land of ancient warriors who value nothing higher than fame and courage as they battle magical forces pitted against them. Ancient warriors whose deeds are as noble and mysterious as the hill forts and standing stones scattered around the landscape. Ancient warriors whose love of exaggeration and boasting compare with the most extravagant blarney. These are the Celts revealed by the early Irish chronicles. Wales. A land of bands and druids hemmed into a beautiful, mountainous country where King Arthur roamed with his knights. The Welsh warriors saw themselves as defenders of the west, heroes who would one day hurl the foreign oppressors back into the sea. These dramatic chronicles date back to the Middle Ages, but they are truly much older than that. They tell of love and betrayal, of quests and challenges, of supernatural creatures and of murder. Battling dragons. Tyrants, and sorcerers, the warriors of Brittany were people of the sea. Hermits, missionaries, mystics, they passed down their tales of mystery and magic orally through the centuries. They are captured here from a time when the old pagan days were dying out, and the secret, supernatural skeins of the early mystical Celts were quickly attaching themselves to a new religion. CONDITION: Light shelf wear. Otherwise in New, never read condition. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER. PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEW: REVIEW: The civilization of the Celts once stretched over much of Europe. But nowhere was it so richly and highly
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States In addition, there are thousands of slabs, cylinder seals, tablets, and obelisks of ancient and/or vanished civilizations, which are hard to decipher. ... moreHe is a philosopher, a recluse mystic and a spiritual teacher and no longer gives interviews or makes public appearances.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish The Spirit of Ancient Egypt by ... moreAna Ruiz. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover: 281 pages. Publisher: Algora Publishing; 2001) Deciphering exotic ancient Egypt’s past. From pre-historic times until Rome’s conquest in 30 A.D. Ana Ruiz reveals countless details about one of the earliest civilizations, piecing together a mosaic that accumulates to give an intriguing portrait of this ancient people, from pharaohs to families to priests, and outlines their achievements in science and culture. Man settled along the banks of the Nile River as long ago as 7,000 B.C. Over the next four millennia he learned to read, write, and develop and expand as a community. For the next 3,000 years, Egypt prospered despite hardships, internal conflicts, and foreign invasion. Was it“the gift of the Nile” as Herodotus called Egypt? Or was it the gift of the Egyptian people to humanity, toward the evolution of civilization? This book examines family life. Homes and furnishings, food, drink, dress, jewelry, wigs and cosmetics, work and play, trade and transportation, law and government. It explores people’s beliefs regarding death and immortality, magic, dreams and divination, deities and the priesthood creation myths, animal worship, symbolism, traditions of mummification, and festivals. Finally it looks at the achievements of Egyptian kings and queens, including military successes and architectural feats like the pyramids and the Great Sphinx, along with art, language and hieroglyphics, discoveries in medicine, astronomy and engineering, and early developments toward the modern calendar. CONDITION: New hardcover w/dustjacket. Algora Publishing(2001) 292 pages. Unblemished. Unmarked, pristine in every respect. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! Selling rare and out-of-print ancient history books on-line since 1
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$4.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Budge concludes with a nice summary of major talismans and seals. Although this book is not a complete book in any right it is a good beginner book to ... moreread before delving into the macabre world of ancient Egypt.
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