Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation

by Robert D. Ballard

Hardcover, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

DE73.S4 B35

Publication

National Geographic (2004), 256 pages

Description

A fascinating odyssey through time explores the mysteries of the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean in the companion volume to the upcoming National Geographic special for PBS, which follows the undersea explorer to the Black Sea, Egypt, Greece, Minoan Crete, and Italy in search of

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LibraryThing member regularguy5mb
I checked this one out of the Leland Library as part of a new project I'm starting called "Read Your Library." Hopefully I'll be making a vlog about it soon enough, but the general idea is right there in the title. Since I've wanted to get more involved in World History, I decided to start in 930
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of the Dewey Classification, History of the Ancient World. This was the first book on the shelf.

As a National Geographic text, this book is filled not only with writings from brilliant minds, but also beautiful photographs and examples of art pieces throughout the time periods covered. Looking from a maritime perspective and following ocean archaeologists as they search for the ships of ancient civilizations such as the Greeks, the Romans, the Egyptians, and the inhabitants of the Black Sea area. Each section discusses the origins of that particular civilization, its rise and fall, the wreckage and artifacts discovered by Robert Ballard and his team, and includes a bit of the mythology from the area as well.

This was an interesting read. It also gives one a clearer sense of time as far as some of these ancient civilizations are concerned, at least in my mind.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

256 p.; 9.45 inches

ISBN

0792258452 / 9780792258452

Barcode

34662000924727
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