Product Description: Single copy of the Spanish edition of Mysteries of the Maya. Journey to the ruins of Central America to probe the secrets of Mayan civilization. Find out how experts learned to read Mayan writing.

Product Description: Single copy of Mysteries of the Maya. Journey to the ruins of Central America to probe the secrets of Mayan civilization. Find out how experts learned to read Mayan writing.

Product Description: Along the 175-mile stretch from Monticello to Gettysburg—designated by Congress as the official "birthplace of America"—intriguing details of our nation’s past emerge from every town and byway. This beautiful book spotlights key places and personalities on the route, revealing insiders’ stories of early America...read more

A guide to an exhibition of some of the artifacts found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, discussing the life and death of the young king, daily life in ancient Egypt, and ancient Egyptian religion and funerary practices.

The official companion to the Summer 2005 exhibition of the fabulous treasures found in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun provides spectacular full-color photographs of the artifacts, along with an account of the mysterious life and death of the young king, daily life in ancient Egypt, ancient Egyptian religion and funerary practices, and forensic analysis of the body of the boy king.

A world famous Egyptologist presents the stories of the fabulous ancient treasures contained within Cairo's Egyptian Museum, many of which have never been seen outside of Egypt, complete with beautiful color photographs of the masterpieces.

Explores the origins of humans, including how such developments as Linnaeus' classification system and recent understanding of the human genome have improved scientists' comprehension of evolution.

Product Description: This wall calendar celebrates the centenary of the Egyptian Museum in large-format, full-colour photographs of a selection of treasures from the new Hidden Treasures exhibition. These works are chosen from the vast holdings of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which boasts glories of ancient Egypt from the earliest dynastic beginnings through the peak of pharaonic civilization to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods...read more

Product Description: The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the greatest repository of ancient Egyptian artefacts in the world, receives hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. But the general public has never seen many of its treasures, long kept in basement storerooms or recently discovered at ongoing excavations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A 6,000-year history of ancient Egypt explores the daily life and dynastic intrigue surrounding the pharaohs, relating the latest archaeological findings and the contributions of generations of explorers.

Chronicles the history of Piedmont, Virginia, site of Revolutionary and Civil War battles

Photographs show Washington's landmarks, monuments, churches, museums, hotels, office buildings, parks and suburbs