Format:
Online-Ressource (280 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1888729163
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1888729104
Series Statement:
Sacred Places: 108 Destinations series
Content:
World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in Ca
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST; THE FAR EAST; INDIA AND THE SUB-CONTINENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC; SOUTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA; EUROPE; Back Matter;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Sacred Places Around the World : 108 Destinations
Language:
English
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