Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region
|
Not currently available
Secret Britain - Unearthing our Mysterious Past (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R476
Discovery Miles 4 760
You Save: R171
(26%)
|
|
Secret Britain - Unearthing our Mysterious Past (Hardcover)
(sign in to rate)
List price R647
Loot Price R476
Discovery Miles 4 760
You Save R171 (26%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological
sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of
these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony Robinson An Ice Age
cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a seventeenth
century witch bottle... anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota unearths
more than 70 of Britain's most intriguing ancient places and
artefacts and explores the mysteries behind them. Britain is full
of ancient wonders: not grand like the Egyptian pyramids, but
small, strange places and objects that hint at a deep and enduring
relationship with the mystic. Secret Britain offers an expertly
guided tour of Britain's most fascinating mysteries: archaeological
sites and artefacts that take us deep into the lives of the many
different peoples who have inhabited the island over the millennia.
Illustrated with beautiful photographs, the wonders include buried
treasure, stone circles and geoglyphs, outdoor places of worship,
caves filled with medieval carvings, and enigmatic tools to divine
the future. Explore famous sites such as Stonehenge and
Glastonbury, but also discover: The Lindow Man bog body, showing
neatly trimmed hair and manicured fingernails despite having been
killed 2,000 years ago The Uffington White Horse, a horse-shaped
geoglyph maintained by an unbroken chain of people for 3,000 years
A roman baby's bronze cockerel, an underworld companion for a
two-year-old who died sometime between AD 100-200 St Leonard's
Ossuary, home to 1,200 skulls and a vast stack of human bones made
up of around 2,000 people who died from the 1200s to the 1500s The
Wenhaston Doom painting, an extraordinary medieval depiction of the
Last Judgement painted on a chancel arch Explore Britain's secret
history and discover why these places still resonate today.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.