From the very earliest times, people have used buildings both as houses to live in and also to serve as centres for important activities: churches, temples, libraries or castles, for example. However, in time the buildings are buried and forgotten. How can the purpose of each building be identified? and what can we learn about the people who built them? In this text Mike Corbishley investigates some of the most famous buildings and cities in the world, including Troy, Pompeii, the pyramid of Machu Picchu and the Viking ...
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From the very earliest times, people have used buildings both as houses to live in and also to serve as centres for important activities: churches, temples, libraries or castles, for example. However, in time the buildings are buried and forgotten. How can the purpose of each building be identified? and what can we learn about the people who built them? In this text Mike Corbishley investigates some of the most famous buildings and cities in the world, including Troy, Pompeii, the pyramid of Machu Picchu and the Viking settlement of Jorvik.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780241125588.
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Walker, Roger Wade. Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Remainder. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Children's literature. Summary: Describes cities, covering a time span of 8000 years, which have been excavated or restored, and speculates on the civilization of each as evidenced by what remains. Glossy pictorial boards, 47 pp., index, color drawings and photographs. Minimal shelf wear, clean text, tight binding. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. A beautiful jacket is slightly flawed by a tiny tear at the bottom of the spine.
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As New in As New jacket. 47 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. This Is A Lavish, Full Colour Series With Paintings And Phootographs Designed To Show Young People How Archeologists And Historians Act As Detectives, Finding Clues To Reconstruct Ancient Civilizatios.
