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Origins: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Some Modern Western Institutions
Origins is the first fully comprehensive study of the debt owed by modern western culture to Ancient Near Eastern civilization - a debt touched upon b...

Louvre. I’d like to tell you about famous museum Louvre
Louvre - the biggest and most famous art museum, built in 1190 by King Philippe Auguste as a fortress against the Vikings. The history of the Louvre,...

Pompeii (Unearthing Ancient Worlds)
An ancient city unearthed... In the 1730s, Charles of Bourbon, king of the area around present-day Naples, Italy, learned that local peasants were fin...

A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture
This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the...

Turkey - Eyewitness Travel Guide 2010
This volume shows Turkey at its best, from the beautiful beaches and azure seas to the glittering mosques and churches, intriguing historic quarters a...