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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs

100 Discoveries That Changed the World

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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs

By: Ann R. Williams - editor, Douglas Preston - introduction
Narrated by: Mari Weiss
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Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous “Lost City of the Monkey God” tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past.

©2021 Ann R. Williams, Douglas Preston (P)2021 National Geographic Ancient Archaeology Civilization World Ancient History Africa Middle Ages
Rich Information • Respectable Biographies • Worldwide Vignettes • Escape From Present • New Learnings
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This book was very informative. I loved listening to each chapter. Sorry it was finished!

Interesting

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I loved it. Very interesting all the way through. The performance was also very well done.

Engaging.

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Being that 100 different finds are given coverage in this, you'll definitely want to know more about a lot of them than the book provides. However, I thought it was very effective at giving an overview and letting you hear about things you might not otherwise become aware of. Great launching pad for learning more.

My main complaint is the narrator's pronunciation. I'm not entirely positive that what I've heard in the past is correct, but she pronounces some things unlike anyone else I've ever heard. For examples, the general Pompey as "pom-pehy" like the city of Pompeii or Herculaneum with a stress on the final syllable as "knee-um". Minor stuff but it's kind of annoying. But hey, I don't speak any of the languages in question so maybe everyone else is wrong.

Good Overview for Further Reading

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Well written and performed. Easy to follow and understand. The choice of topics is well considered

Good Information

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All the stuff that's been discovered since I graduated college in the 90s told in an engaging and educational way. I listened to it twice in a row!

FASCINATING

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Thoroughly enjoyed this. Too bad Nat Geo is completely unable or unwilling to make adult content like this for streaming instead of wall-to-wall child content. It's just unimaginable, I guess.

Great content

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Superb content, competently narrated, and if the material does not interest you, I cannot imagine why not. The wealth of data obtained by archaeology and advanced methods is proving to enrich our understanding of ourselves as a species and finding better details of our collective civilizations (or attempts thereof).

This audiobook provides a veritable potpourri of rich information and respectable biographies and recognition of men and women who were passionate about archaeology, and made their mark in the proper telling of discernable history with the means used. At points the quoted talking points should appall the liamstener with the obvious preconceptions of former doctrine, but it should be endured in order to properly celebrate and appreciate the contrasting discovery of truth. If history and archaeology arw your academic and personal bread and butter, this book is a MUST to add to your collection.

A Wholly Worthwhile Listen for Archaeology Buffs

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Vignettes that take you all over the world and back into time, this book delivers what I wanted - an escape from the here and now, something to think about, something new to learn and understand. But - in an efficient way that doesn't involve a lot of tangents and wasting my time. So many books are full of fluff, this one just keeps delivering.

Just what I wanted

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Narration was excellent. Wish there were a way to truly visualize the rise and fall of so many different civilized societies over the millennia. Thousands and thousands of years on every Continent. Cities rising only to fall and disappear until rediscoveref.

So Many Civilazations have come and gone!

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If you want to listen to scientific monologues on Lucy fragments and ancient evolution this is your book. If you love hearing all about pieces of bones found in caves without any connection to human existence it are you in for an adventure. However, if you’re a normal person who likes real life adventures and recent relatable discovers save yourself the agony.

How unlike the title it is.

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