Ballantine
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March 1973
February 1974
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Book No. : |
ISBN-10: 0345032152 (March
1973)
ISBN-10: 0345232151 (February 1974)
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1st
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Paperback
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Pages : |
xii plus 292
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Cover art : |
Machu Picchu taken by Puyatier
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Illustrations : |
8 leaves of plates: illustrations, maps, and plans.
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"Easter Island"
(poem, lines 1-4, 9-14 only)
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Non-REH Content
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A guide
to a dozen of the more famous ruins from civilizations of ancient times
throughout the world, the speculations surrounding their fates, and modern
fantasy literature inspired by them. The surveyed sites include Tartessos,
the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, Troy, Ma'rib, Zimbabwe, Tintagel, Angkor,
the Mayan city of Tikal, the Inca city of Machu Picchu, Nan Matol, and the
Moai of Rapa Nui.
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By L. Sprague
deCamp and Catherine Crook de Camp
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Reprint of
ANCIENT RUINS AND ARCHEOLOGY
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