Lost Cities And Forgotten Tribes

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Description for LOST CITIES AND FORGOTTEN TRIBES edited by F Dempewolff with an introduction by Isaac Asimov: Inscrutable monuments...extinguished cultures... Vanished races---myst ery upon ancient mystery comes closer to solution as archaeologists challenge the past to give up its tantalizing secrets. You'll marvel over: The way cosmic rays are being used to penetrate the secrets of the Second Pyramid of Gisa. The lost pre-Mayan "people of the jaguar." Mammoth drawings etched in the Peruvian desert---designed for what distant eyes? The search for King Solomon's mines. The controversy over the Viking cryptograms. The incredible discovery of a 2,000-year-old Chinese lady. The Curious case of the 1,500-year-old murder! A fascinating journey down the long road to man's beginnings, with intriguing side trips into some of the darkest corners of the human history. Show more