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| | Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island (Country Guide)
“Chile is nature on a symphonic scale. Diverse landscapes unfurl over a 4300km stretch: parched dunes, fertile valleys, volcanoes, ancient forests, clear rivers, massive glaciers and fjords.” – Carolyn McCarthy, Lonely Planet Writer
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You can trust our travel information because... | | Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power (Women in Antiquity)
Eurydice (c.410-340s BCE) played a significant part in the public life of ancient Macedonia, the first royal Macedonian woman known to have done so, though hardly the last. She was the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II (and two other short-lived kings of Macedonia), and grandmother of Alexander the Great. Her career marks a ... |
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A Social History of ByzantiumWestern civilization owes an incalculable cultural and historical debt to the Byzantine Empire. Before falling to the Ottoman Turks in the mid-fifteenth century, the empire flourished for more than a thousand years, bridging the ancient and modern worlds. Byzantium profoundly influenced the pattern of cultural and political development in the lands... | | Complementary Medicine For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)A comprehensive guide to what’s what and what works in complementary medicine, this expert guide cuts through the jargon and gives you the facts about the alternatives. Whether you are interested in maintaining your general well-being or relieving the symptoms of a specific complaint, this book outlines all of the therapies available to... | | AutoCAD 2005 For DummiesUse sheet sets, collaborate nicely, and go LT for 2005
Find out how to use DWF, live up to new standards, and share files online
AutoCAD can be complicated, but this book isn’t! Here’s where you’ll discover how to set up a drawing, toe the lines, add dimension and text, share your stuff, and more, in AutoCAD or... |
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| | Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation: Analysis, Restoration, and Reconstruction of Ancient Artworks
Paintings, frescoes, antique photographic prints, incunabula, old books, handwritten documents,
sculptures, ceramic fragments, and other ancient manufacts constitute the elements of an extremely
valuable and immense historical patrimony. The digitalization of these treasures opens up the
possibility of using image processing and... | | Maize: Origin, Domestication, and its Role in the Development of Culture
This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific techniques, Duccio Bonavia explores the development of maize, its adaptation to varying climates, and its fundamental role in ancient American cultures. An appendix (by Alexander Grobman)... |
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