The Truth about History: How New Evidence is Transforming the Story of the PastBarnes & Noble, 2007 - 319 pages |
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... lived as long ago as 2000 BC . The first discoveries were at Cherchen , a remote town 1600 miles to the west of Beijing . The townsfolk knew of the bodies ; soon , as archaeologists investigated , it became evident that there were ...
... lived as long ago as 2000 BC . The first discoveries were at Cherchen , a remote town 1600 miles to the west of Beijing . The townsfolk knew of the bodies ; soon , as archaeologists investigated , it became evident that there were ...
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... lived centuries after the era of the mummies , but the curly hair and thick beards on the men show them to bear more resemblance to the mummies than to any Chinese or Mongolian . Buddhist texts describe these distinctive people as the ...
... lived centuries after the era of the mummies , but the curly hair and thick beards on the men show them to bear more resemblance to the mummies than to any Chinese or Mongolian . Buddhist texts describe these distinctive people as the ...
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... lived for another 350 years , tends to place the story squarely in the category of Biblical myth and metaphor . Yet this need not mean that the story of Noah is entirely without foundation in fact . More than 200 legends of great floods ...
... lived for another 350 years , tends to place the story squarely in the category of Biblical myth and metaphor . Yet this need not mean that the story of Noah is entirely without foundation in fact . More than 200 legends of great floods ...
Contents
Origins | 6 |
People are missing | 16 |
In search of Egypts | 43 |
Copyright | |
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