A translation of the complete Aesopian corpus of fables. The introduction pays particular attention to the transmission of fable "stock" from sanscrit to Aesop. It also attends to the precise nature of the animals themselves who appear in these fables...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780099256793
Archaeologists have always insisted most strenuously that lenses did not exist in ancient times. Robert Temple’ s real-life detective story proves them wrong. His research began with the discovery that an ancient artifact in the British Museum...more details Format:Paperback
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780712678889
Archaeologists have always insisted that ancient lenses never existed. Temple's detective work began when he discovered an artefact in the British Museum...more details Format:Hardback
There's something fascinating about border towns. Who hasn't crossed the line into another state to buy fireworks, gamble, or even to get married? Here are border towns with names as unique as the places themselves...more details Format:Paperback Pages:708
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780595504336
There's something fascinating about border towns. Who hasn't crossed the line into another state to buy fireworks, gamble, or even to get married? Here are border towns with names as unique as the places themselves...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:708
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780099414681
The mysteries of ancient Egypt have proved an endless source of fascination to the world. Here, for the first time, international bestselling author Robert Temple seeks to reveal the real history of this ancient civilisation's puzzling origins and in so doing calls into question accepted truths about the early history of Egypt...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:448
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9781740665339
Undisputed masters of invention and discovery, the ancient Chinese were the first to drill for oil, to discover the circulation of the blood and even to isolate sex hormones. From the suspension bridge and fishing reel...more details Format:Hardback
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9781853752926
It is one of the ironies of history that the Chinese, who had all the ingredients for modern science long before the Renaissance, failed to build on their immense knowledge. Today...more details Format:Paperback
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780099414667
We tend to think of ancient stories of visits to the Underworld - by, for example, Odysseus, Orpheus and Aeneas - as being poetic fictions, but in fact in the ancient world the Underworld was believed to be real place that actually existed. Unfortunately...more details Format:paperback (A format) Pages:368
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9781594770852
An examination of the shadow side of prophecy in human history and our attitudes toward fate and predicting the future- Explores the divinatory...more details Format:Paperback Pages:453
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780099257448
Robert Temple traces the traditions of the Dogon and three related tribes back 5000 years to the ancienct Mediterranean cultures of Sumer and Egypt. He shows a knowledge dependent on physics and astrophysics...more details Format:Paperback
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9781594772177
Revised, full-color illustrated edition of the multi-award-winning, international bestseller that charts the unparalleled and astounding achievement of ancient China - Brings to life one hundred Chinese "firsts" in the fields of agriculture...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Robert Temple
ISBN:9780892817504
Convincing evidence that the Egyptian, Sumerian, and Dogon civilizations were founded by aliens from the Sirius star system who are now ready to return - Updated with 140 pages of new scientific evidence that solidifies the hypothesis that the KGB...more details Format:Paperback Pages:440
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Robert Temple Wright
ISBN:9781113046307
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process...more details Format:Paperback Pages:182
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Robert Temple Wright
ISBN:9781113046321
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:182
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Robert Temple Wright
ISBN:9781150271649
Subtitle: A Few Words in Defence of Those Much Maligned People, With Digressions on Various Topics of Public Interest Connected With Medical...more details Format:Paperback Pages:138
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Robert Temple Wright
ISBN:9781141084784
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures...more details Format:Paperback Pages:212
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Robert Templer
ISBN:9780140285970
In Shadows and Wind, Robert Templer paints a fascinating and fresh picture of a country usually viewed with hazy nostalgia or deep suspicion. Here is Hanoi...more details Format:Paperback Pages:400
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Robert Temple;Olivia Temple
ISBN:9781594772719
A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead...more details Format:Paperback Pages:564
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
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Robert Templeman Craighill
ISBN:9781143217135
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures...more details Format:Paperback Pages:372
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Robert Templeman Craighill
ISBN:9781151043757
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: W. E. Jones, printer Subjects: Virginia Biography...more details Format:Paperback Pages:140
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Temple Robert
ISBN:9780712684149
The mysteries of Ancient Egypt have proved an endless source of fascination to the world. Here, for the first time, international bestselling author Robert Temple seeks to expose the real history of this ancient civilisation. In this fascinating study...more details Format:Hardback
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Templer Robert
ISBN:9780316646666
For many people, Vietnam remains a war not a country. This text explores the country behind the myths and images, looking at Vietnam's literature...more details Format:Hardback Pages:288
For many people, Vietnam remains a war not a country. This text explores the country behind the myths and images, looking at Vietnam's literature...more details Format:Paperback Pages:400
Once, many believed that science would provide a description of the universe that would make religion obsolete. This book reveals the ironic situation where God is being revealed through science...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:214