|
Author: Paul G. Bahn
Edition: (192 pages)
ISBN: 1552976599
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Price: $16.47
Go Back
Buy Now
From Publisher:
Written in Bones brings together a team of international experts to show how the careful study of bones reveals a compelling picture of the lives, cultures, and beliefs of ancient societies from around the world.
Provides 38 case studies examining the discoveries at archeological sites
Introduces readers to ancient peoples
Includes more than 350 color photographs
Human remains tell us much about how our ancestors lived and died. In Written in Bones, significant discoveries are carefully brought together and analyzed. Readers learn how experts use modern scientific techniques to piece together the stories behind the bones. The data is used to create a picture of cultures and ritual beliefs. There are such astonishing discoveries as:
Han Dynasty aristocrat preserved in an unknown red liquid
Bog bodies in Europe
The riddle of Tomb KV55 - where a male body was found inside a female coffin
World's oldest dwarf
The headless men and giant wolves of the Mesolithic cemetery in Siberia
Go Back
Buy Now
|
