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The World's Last Mysteries

Additional authors: Reader;s Digest Association
Published by : Reader's Digest (Pleasantville, New York) Physical details: 319 p. Year: 1978
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900 - 999 930.1 Wor (Browse shelf) Available Memorial 52234

Includes Index




Voyage to Atlantis --
The search for Eldorado, land of gold --
The land of the Queen of Sheba --
Who really discovered the new world? --
Strange stones of western Europe --
Soul-statues of Corsica --
The secrets of Stonehenge --
The giants of Easter Island --
Teotihuacán, city of the gods --
The lost empire of the Indus Valley --
The silent stones of Tiahuanaco --
The world's first cities --
The last refuge of the Incas --
The men who built the Tower of Babel --
Pyramids in the Americas --
Inside the pyramids of the pharaohs --
When the Sahara was green --
The Scythians, fierce horesmen of the steppes --
Zimbabwe, Africa's lost civilisation --
Splendour in the jungle at Angkor --
The Olmecs, a race of precursors --
The magnificent realm of the Mayas --
Enigmatic messages of the Nazcas --
Did a black hole hit Siberia?

Profusely illustrated text discusses lost cities and civilizations, the pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island, and other enduring mysteries of the world.