Fabio Bourbon, Guido Massimo Coradi, Sara Demichelis, Furio Durando, Maria Longhena, Sarah Kochav, Giuseppina Merchionne, Desidera Viola, Francesco Tiradritti, Maria Ausilia Albanese
The book brings to life 50 archaeological sites from around the world, from the pillars of Stonehenge and the secrets of Petra, to the windswept heights of Masada and the silent, motionless soldiers of Xian, to the birthplace of the biblical patriarchs in
A magnificent collection of color photographs, paintings, and maps portray the magic and mystery of archaeological discoveries. Comprehensive articles by distinguished scholars explain the history that these discoveries reveal. The book also contains the original appearance of each site, the lives of its inhabitants, their customs, rituals, and traditions. The book sheds light on many secrets and will delight anyone who loves history, archaeology, and exotic travel...
Original title
Lost Civilizations: Rediscovering the Great Cultures of the Past
Translation
Hrvoje Potrebica
Editor
Fabio Bourbon, Ivanka Borovac
Graphics design
Patrizia Balocco, Anna Galliani, Paola Piacco, Clara Zanotti
Richard Firestone, Allen West, Simon Warwick-Smith
The book is the most readable and complete overview of the evidence that human civilization has already been nearly wiped out of the universe once – and that such cycles may repeat themselves every few tens of thousands of years.
Stari grad, 2007.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
21.2214.85 - 21.3414.94 €
Anthropology • History of Civilizations • Svjetska povijest • Political-historical essays • Popular Science
Michael A. Cook, Princeton professor of Islamic history, provides an overview of human history from the Neolithic to the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001 in this witty and intelligent synthesis, asking the key question: why did everything happen exactly th
Profil Knjiga, 2009.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
16.28 €
Archaeology • History of Civilizations • Ancient Age • Biography • Popular Science
The author, one of the living eyewitnesses of the excavations in the Valley of the Kings, provides the reader with a popular-scientific picture not only of one of the most famous ancient Egyptian rulers, but also of the most interesting facts of the ethno
Stvarnost, 1977.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
8.56 €
Communism and fascism • History of Civilizations • History of Europe
A historical study of the transformations of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the early USSR, focusing on imperial geopolitics, ideological patterns, and relations with peoples within the empire.
Fortuna d.o.o., 2023.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
35.00 €
Esotericism • Mysteries • Alternative history • Ancient Age • History of Civilizations • Prehistory
British author Adrian Gilbert (co-author of The Mayan Prophecies from 1995) in The End of Time offers the most thorough and sober modern interpretation of the Mayan calendar and the so-called "2012 prophecy", completely rejecting New Age hysteria.
Stari grad, 2009.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
18.2212.75 - 18.2412.77 €
Alternative history • Ancient Age • History of Bosnia and Herzegovina • History of Civilizations • History of Europe
Harald Haarmann's book presents the discovery of Europe's oldest highly developed culture (c. 5500–3500 BC), known as the Danube or Old European Civilization, with an emphasis on its writing, art and influence.
