Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic, Paperback - Mark S. Glickman

Reducere. Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagogue--the amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Rebecca J. W. (University of Florida, USA) JeffersonIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages: 288...

Reducere. Stolen Words is an epic story about the largest collection of Jewish books in the world--tens of millions of books that the Nazis looted from Europ...

The most detailed set of studies ever on all aspects of one of the most beautifully decorated Egyptian non-royal tombs, new in paperback This lavis...

A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentationThe lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an une...

Reducere. A fascinating examination of the role of lighting in ancient Egyptian culture Artificial lighting is one of the earliest tools used by humans. By t...

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE 2012 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S SOPHIE BRODY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JEWISH LITE...

A documentation, using latest technologies, of the Late and Ptolemaic Period anthropoid sarcophagi housed in Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum The indi...

From atoms and X-rays to the Big Bang and the Internet, brilliant breakthroughs by successful scientists have changed the world. Dip inside this in...

Reducere. Description"I knew people were finding stuff with their metal detectors, but I had no idea they were finding treasures like this Absolutely incredi...

DescriptionToday, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. But it took centuries of scientific effort--and a lot of luck--to discov...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Douglas J. PrestonDinosaurs in the Attic is a chronicle of the expeditions, discoveries, and scientists behind the greatest...

DescriptionNew in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the l...

Publisher: American University in Cairo PressAuthor(s): Felix ArnoldNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 198 x 251 x 23Cover type:...

DescriptionThe city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concr...

Reducere. An investigation into the discoveries of Lewis and Clark and other early explorers of America and the terrible acts committed to suppress them - Pr...

Reducere. American Antiquities, And Discoveries In The West: Being An Exhibition Of The Evidence That An Ancient Population Of Partiallly Civilized Nations, ...

Reducere. Eleven years of events can have a profound effect on an entire lifetime. The story of Stanislawa Emilia (Emma) Krasowska Serbinski is told by her d...

In The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the in...

Reducere. DescriptionMany years ago, in a lecture on the creation of the Mishnah, the Orthodox Jewish historian, Rabbi Berel Wein discussed the rise of early...

Readers will re-discover the forgotten treasures of the history and principles of the Declaration of Independence, recognizing the dedication of th...

Short story writing in Egypt was still in its infancy when Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as the leading Arabic-English translator ...

A richly illustrated guide to the Egyptian temple, its history, and the story of its goddess, Mut, as told by the preeminent archaeologists directi...

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts from the fourth century to the present day The great city of A...

Publisher: American University in Cairo PressAuthor(s): Simon ConnorIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 204Publication date...

Reducere. For hundreds of years, colorful characters and criminals used the myriad coves and inlets along the Treasure Coast for illicit commerce. From the e...

Reducere. Translation of the Yizkor or Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Belchatow, Poland. This book serves as a memorial to this destroyed Jewish Co...

Reducere. The Treasure Coast is such a popular destination that some choose to never leave. From the spirits of ancient Indians who once inhabited the beache...

Publisher: American University in Cairo PressAuthor(s): Mark N SwansonNumber of pages: 192Collection: Popes of EgyptPublication date: 2022Dimension...

From longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and journalist Randall Sullivan, The Curse of Oak Island explores the curious history of Oak Island...

Reducere. "The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavo...

This book explores the impact of indigenous ideology and thought on everyday life in Northeast Africa. It shows that for millennia complex indigeno...

Reducere. The miniseries Band of Brothers inspired Dalton Einhorn to travel to the places where Easy Company served. "From Toccoa to the Eagle's Nest" is the...

Dogon cosmology provides a new Rosetta stone for reinterpreting Egyptian hieroglyphs - Provides a new understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs as scie...

Features the stories of scientists throughout history who made discoveries that changed the way we think about the world. Packed with details of ex...

The artistry and splendor of ancient Egyptian jewelry in fifty masterpieces Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, li...

Reducere. What Do History and Archaeology Really say about the origins of ancient Israel? Although the bible says that Israel's formative history took place ...

Reducere. What Do History and Archaeology Really say about the origins of ancient Israel? Although the bible says that Israel's formative history took place ...

Reducere. Reveals nostalgia as a new way of maintaining Jewish continuity In 2007, the Museum at Eldridge Street opened at the site of a restored nineteenth-...

Reducere. For more than 5, 000 years the Ancestral Puebloans--Native Americans who flourished long before the first contact with Europeans--occupied the Four...