The early years of archaeology were the era of the enthusiast: the lone travelers who stumbled across the first signs of a mighty ruin; the scholars who spent years & fortunes searching for the site of a fabled city. Much of what we know today about civilizations of the past is based on the work of these intrepid men & women. Stefoff recounts the search for 12 legendary cities: Petra, Troy, Nineveh, Zimbabwe, Hattusha, Knossos, Copan, Gournia, Chaco Canyon, Machu Picchu, Angkor, & Ur. Offers evidence about the civilizations which created the cities, & the life, times, & habits of the people who lived there. Photos of the discoveries & excavations.

This major reference is a substantially revised edition of Palmore's International Handbook on Aging, which was voted Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1980. The reference collects and summarizes information on programs and research in gerontology in most countries where significant work is taking place. The chapters are arranged alphabetically, with each chapter devoted to a particular country. The countries selected represent a wide range of social, political, geographic, and economic conditions, and ten new countries are included in this edition. Each chapter provides current information on the unique features of the country profiled; the roles and status of the aged; problems of the elderly; programs for older adults; research in biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging; and sources of additional information. Each chapter closes with a list of works for further consultation, and the handbook concludes with an appendix of gerontological associations and a bibliography. Gerontologists, social scientists, and policymakers will find this reference a valuable and current guide to developments and research on aging around the world.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.

Explores twelve archeological "lost cities," with accounts of site discovery and investigation of the meaning of recovered objects.

A fascinating look at the power of language--and what we lose when it disappears.

"Finding the Lost Cities" leads the reader through the sites of 12 buried and rediscovered cities and uncovers what we know about them, how they were lost, who searched for them, and what the newly refound cities reveal about the past. 130 illustrations, 30 in color.

'Lost Cities' examines the search for lost cities and the important artifacts within them that can offer us an extraordinary window on to the past. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Lost Cities' offers a crosscurricular mix of science & technology and history & civilizations, with a fun, dramatic approach. Cities covered in the book include Pompeii, Troy, the desert city of Ubar, and the Inca city of Machu Picchu. The book also looks at the motives for these searches, and the importance of responsible archaeology: were the treasure hunters driven by personal greed or glory, or did they embark on their quest with a historical interest and a desire to preserve the lost treasures?

Discusses such ancient "lost" cities as Machu Picchu, Troy, Knossos, Great Zimbabwe, and Angkor, as well as more modern ghost towns.

Join Mr Truth in the Search for the Lost City of Atlantis, Explore consciousness, Electromagnetic energy , the power of crystals and more , Teaching your children to Re-remember how important they are and how important their actions in the word are . Through Metaphysics and Advanced spirituality explained in layman's terms for children. Ride the dolphins with Mr Truth and watch how the man of many faces and races always leaves a gift in most of his adventures with your children. This is a book to teach everything is one and connected and that we all need to work together as a collective for your child to understand. As well as show everything is energy around you and it and you are the same energy . This book is fun and adventurous for even the older generations and will bring insight and inspiration towards collective consciousness and to create a world filled with love and joy. VOLUME TWO : MR TRUTH SERIES The Magical Adventures Of MR Truth :The Search for the Lost City of Atlantis Who is Mr.Truth? Mr.Truth is a multicultural man that can change culture and racial culture at any time so each book he may be a different character skin color ,but always with his glowing personality and red clothes and long white beard and he's always willing to tell your children the truth of reality in a way for them to easily understand. Join in the Adventure with MR Truth a old but wise man that teaches children the lessons of life , consciousness, energy and more to help give inspiration towards a world that sometimes seems bleak. Teach your children about the importance of seeing the signs of Tyranny is so they know what it is and how to stop it. Teach your children they are more then physical bodies but spiritual energy of great importance and they themselves have the power to control the world as long as they work as a collective and with compassion and Love. Make them become better in understanding how important their role is for shaping the future and how energy all around them can affect everyone and give them the opertunity to spirituality evolve at a age before to much indoctrinated programs have tried to influence them.. "Real Teachings of lost and hidden knowledge for children And help them know how to make our world A better place"