Author: James M. DeemPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618473084
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Bodies from the Ash
Author: James M. DeemPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618473084
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Bodies from the Ash
Author: James M. DeemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781536423600
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Details the events that occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii in 79 A.D., focusing on how this information was deduced from the skeletons found by archaeologists at the site.
Bodies from the Ash
Author: Bodies from the Bog
Author: James M. DeemPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618354023
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Describes the discovery of bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
Bodies from the Ice
Author: James M. DeemPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618800452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The author of "Bodies from the Ash" and "Bodies from the Bog" takes readers on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past. Full color.
Ghosts of Vesuvius
Author: Charles R. PellegrinoPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060751002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
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A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
Earthly Remains
Author: Andrew T. ChamberlainPublisher: British Museum Publications Limited
ISBN: 9780714150086
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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The preserved remains of other human beings hold a special fascination for the living. Earthly Remains explores the history and science behind such phenomena as: the bodies of Abraham Lincoln, Lenin, Eva Peron and other famous politicians, embalmed and displayed for political ends; bog bodies, including the famous Lindow Man - how and why did they meet their fate?; mummies from ancient Egypt and even earlier examples from South America; frozen corpses, such as the 5,000-year-old Tyrolean Ice Man; bodies preserved in outline form, including those of Pompeii and Sutton Hoo; and cryonics, embalming and other modern preservation techniques. Illustrated with the images of many of the cases discussed, Earthly Remains is a book that will appeal to everyone's sense of mystery in the history and origins of our ancestors.
Ash's Monthly
Author: Automotive Industries, the Automobile
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Report of Board of Agriculture of State of Ohio
Author: Ohio State Board of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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