Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,181 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,032 ratings
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World 3.99 avg rating — 3,774 ratings
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After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC 4.08 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
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Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt 4.04 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
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Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology 4.25 avg rating — 2,766 ratings
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Archaeology: A Brief Introduction
Archaeology: A Brief Introduction 3.74 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice
Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice 4.14 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind 4.15 avg rating — 2,843 ratings
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution 4.14 avg rating — 28,420 ratings
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
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The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved
The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved
by: P.V. Glob
4.07 avg rating — 866 ratings
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal 4.08 avg rating — 28,333 ratings
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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen 4.13 avg rating — 812 ratings
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Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization 3.92 avg rating — 1,793 ratings
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Was This Camelot? Excavations at Cadbury Castle, 1966 - 1970
Was This Camelot? Excavations at Cadbury Castle, 1966 - 1970 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings
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In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Trojan War 4.09 avg rating — 847 ratings
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The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt
The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 304 ratings
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In Search of the Dark Ages
In Search of the Dark Ages really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology
Quest for the Past: Great Discoveries in Archaeology 3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed 3.74 avg rating — 11,944 ratings
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The Complete Pompeii (The Complete Series)
The Complete Pompeii (The Complete Series) 4.21 avg rating — 369 ratings
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 3.84 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt 4.14 avg rating — 461 ratings
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World 3.96 avg rating — 9,298 ratings
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The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology: Bluff Your Way in Archaeology
The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology: Bluff Your Way in Archaeology 4.17 avg rating — 89 ratings
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America BC: Ancient Settlers in the New World
America BC: Ancient Settlers in the New World 3.75 avg rating — 261 ratings
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The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language
The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language 4.11 avg rating — 7,327 ratings
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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found 4.10 avg rating — 5,113 ratings
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Eyewitness to Discovery: First-Person Accounts of More Than Fifty of the World's Greatest Archaeological Discoveries
Eyewitness to Discovery: First-Person Accounts of More Than Fifty of the World's Greatest Archaeological Discoveries 3.65 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Aztecs
The Aztecs 3.97 avg rating — 267 ratings
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People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory
People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory 3.68 avg rating — 200 ratings
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The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts 4.14 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
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Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones and Einstein's Brain : The Remarkable Stories Behind the Great Objects and Artifacts of History from Antiquity to The Modern Era
Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones and Einstein's Brain : The Remarkable Stories Behind the Great Objects and Artifacts of History from Antiquity to The Modern Era 3.68 avg rating — 130 ratings
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A History of the Vikings
A History of the Vikings 3.85 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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The Trojan War: A New History
The Trojan War: A New History 3.77 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
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Europe Between the Oceans: Themes and Variations, 9000 BC - AD 1000
Europe Between the Oceans: Themes and Variations, 9000 BC - AD 1000 4.12 avg rating — 632 ratings
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World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction
World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Ancient North America
Ancient North America 3.80 avg rating — 221 ratings
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Disclosing the Past
Disclosing the Past 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
The Lost City of the Monkey God 3.93 avg rating — 61,219 ratings
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human 3.88 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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Origins
Origins 4.12 avg rating — 470 ratings
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Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality 3.98 avg rating — 31,320 ratings
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature 4.05 avg rating — 17,201 ratings
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Ancient Ruins of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest: An Archaeological Guide 4.07 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Maya
The Maya 3.87 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
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The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols 3.95 avg rating — 622 ratings
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Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society
Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society 3.54 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Ancient Mexico: The History and Culture of the Maya, Aztecs and Other Pre-Columbian Peoples
Ancient Mexico: The History and Culture of the Maya, Aztecs and Other Pre-Columbian Peoples really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery 4.04 avg rating — 351 ratings
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From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded
From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded 4.30 avg rating — 261 ratings
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Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America
Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America 3.71 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins
Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins 3.98 avg rating — 405 ratings
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The Druids (Ancient Peoples and Places Series)
The Druids (Ancient Peoples and Places Series) 3.50 avg rating — 325 ratings
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The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor
The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor 3.53 avg rating — 567 ratings
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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead 4.10 avg rating — 866 ratings
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The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5000-year-old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5000-year-old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age 3.78 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe 3.97 avg rating — 984 ratings
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Neanderthals in Plato’s Cave: A Relativistic Approach to Cultural Evolution
Neanderthals in Plato’s Cave: A Relativistic Approach to Cultural Evolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The First North Americans: An Archaeological Journey
The First North Americans: An Archaeological Journey 3.63 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? 3.78 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
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Ancient Mysteries
Ancient Mysteries 3.84 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World 3.86 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
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Smiths and Prophets: The Curse of Cain on History
Smiths and Prophets: The Curse of Cain on History 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Stonehenge (English Heritage Guidebook)
Stonehenge (English Heritage Guidebook) 3.94 avg rating — 171 ratings
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,556 ratings
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization 3.88 avg rating — 749 ratings
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Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans 3.69 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
by: Ian Shaw
4.04 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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The Bog Man and the Archaeology of People
The Bog Man and the Archaeology of People 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians 4.15 avg rating — 4,269 ratings
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Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization
Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization 3.74 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs 3.91 avg rating — 533 ratings
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Libraries in the Ancient World
Libraries in the Ancient World 3.76 avg rating — 809 ratings
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Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders
Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders 3.62 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors 3.99 avg rating — 4,642 ratings
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Europe Before Rome: A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages
Europe Before Rome: A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages 4.23 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Egyptian Diaries
Egyptian Diaries 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Early Germans
The Early Germans 3.82 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Great Journey: The Peopling of Ancient America
The Great Journey: The Peopling of Ancient America 3.53 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries
Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings
Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings 3.95 avg rating — 714 ratings
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Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 4.29 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy
The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy 4.02 avg rating — 165 ratings
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National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs 4.21 avg rating — 506 ratings
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In Search of the First Civilizations
In Search of the First Civilizations 3.80 avg rating — 199 ratings
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How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who Razed the Old World and Formed the New
How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who Razed the Old World and Formed the New 3.56 avg rating — 162 ratings
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The City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt
The City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt 4.06 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Ancestors: In Search of Human Origins
Ancestors: In Search of Human Origins 3.86 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The History of Archaeology: Great Excavations of the World
The History of Archaeology: Great Excavations of the World 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance
The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance 4.30 avg rating — 152 ratings
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The Descent of Woman
The Descent of Woman 4.14 avg rating — 950 ratings
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Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind
Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Age of Sutton Hoo: The Seventh Century in North-Western Europe
The Age of Sutton Hoo: The Seventh Century in North-Western Europe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Arthur's Britain
Arthur's Britain 3.67 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,172 ratings
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The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World 4.24 avg rating — 172 ratings
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