Customer Review: I have been a fan of Zecharia for ten years. He is a profound biblical scholar and one of only a few who can read ancient Sumerian. Zecharia is also an expert on near eastern mythology and takes a highly controversial position regarding these myths and texts which originate from the area of modern... more info
Customer Review: Fascinating account of some of the latest finds on Indoeuropean and the Pontic Steppe and neighboring cultures, including convincing original research on horse domestication. Many stories woven together, not presented as an airtight case for Indoeuropean origins in the steppes, but very convincing... more info
Customer Review: A few years ago I visited these areas and the tour guide spoke with great certainty about everything. Come to find out almost everything is subject to question. Mertz is clear on what has been established, and what is theory. The time, energy and research put into Egyptian archeaology opens new... more info
Customer Review: Barbara Mertz is also the real name of writers Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. She has written 37 books in the popular Amelia Peabody series (Amelia is a Victorian Egyptologist and archaeologist) and 29 suspense books as Michaels. Mertz received her doctorate in Egyptology in 1952, and her... more info
Customer Review: I took Biology and Chemistry in college and although I am not a health professional it is very interesting to have learned the general approach our physiology follows when faced with stress and emotions. The first 65 pages of the book describe the physiology of the brain and then some very... more info
Customer Review: In recent decades social scientists have had the advantage of theories from the physical sciences to explicate their questions. Tainter employs complexity theory to explain the fall of Rome, the Maya, Chacoans and he speculates about our society. This book easily accompanies Schneider and Sagan,... more info
Customer Review: I bought this book for my parents who will be visiting Petra this year. This is a small but extensive book which packs in a lot of information about Petra: the history of the region, a guide to the city and what makes it unique. It is lavishly illustrated (in color throughout) and the pages are... more info
Customer Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about stolen antiquities. It reads like a thriller - it does have a lot of details, as others have mentioned, and the authors do become very indignant at times, but I believe this is because the book was published a few years ago,... more info
Customer Review: This offers more than a casual tourist might be interested in, but is a very readable and well-illustrated book with the most up to date information from archeologists and other scholars of the Maya.