Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History

by Patrick Hunt

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Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Machu Picchu, The Dead Sea Scrolls and more - Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe of finding a window into ancient civilisation.… (more)

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Archaeolocial discoveries: Rosetta stone, Tro;y, Nineveh's library, Tut's tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, Dead Sea scrolls, Therea, Olkuvai Gorge, Tomb of 10000 warriors, that produced large amounts of information on previously little known aspects of ancient culture

ritaer | Aug 12, 2021 |

A quick interesting read, somewhat like sitting down to a History Channel run-through of the top ten archaeological discoveries of the 19th-20th centuries. (

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SESchend | Sep 6, 2017 |

20 pages on each of 10 amazing archeological discoveries can do a lot to help become aware of the past. The author does a good job of presenting the occasion of the discover and the context and a few concluding remarks about each history changing discovery. (

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Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Machu Picchu, The Dead Sea Scrolls and more - Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in which they added to our knowledge of human history and permanently altered our worldview. Part travel guide to the wonders of the world and part primer on ancient world history, Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History captures the awe of finding a window into ancient civilisation.

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CONTENTS - Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rosetta Stone: The Key to Egyptian History -- Chapter 2: Troy: the Key to Homer and Greek History -- Chapter 3: Ninevah's Assyrian Library: the Key to Mesopotamia -- Chapter 4: King Tut's Tomb: the Key to Egypt's God-Kings -- Chapter 5: Machu Picchu: the Key to Inca Architecture -- Chapter 6: Pompeii: the Key to Roman Life -- Chapter 7: Dead Sea Scrolls: the Key to Biblical Research -- Chapter 8: Thera: the Key to the Aegean Bronze Age -- Chapter 9: Olduvai Gorge: the Key to Human Evolution -- Chapter 10: Tomb of 10,000 Warriors: the Key to Imperial China -- Selected Bibliography

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