Jennifer Westwood, editor
Barnes & Noble
Nonfiction, History
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Mysterious Places
Mysterious Places
Jennifer Westwood, editor
Barnes & Noble
Nonfiction, History
****
Mysterious Places
DESCRIPTION: The great monoliths of Stonehenge, the awe-inspiring ruins of Macchu Pichu, the statues of Easter Island... the world is full of wonders left by our long-vanished ancestors. This book covers a number of mysterious structures, lost cities, and even mythical lands, some dating back to Neolithic times and all casting doubt on modern man's arrogant notion that we are the superior thinkers, planners, and architects.
REVIEW: Considering that this is primarily a coffee table/picture book, aiming for short articles that hint at rather than resolve the questions asked by these places, it proves a fairly interesting read. A number of these sites I haven't heard about before, and the rest are worth reading about again. All in all, it makes a good introduction to some truly perplexing and awe-inspiring mysteries of our lost past, mysteries which, barring time travel or some similarly spectacular breakthrough, will likely never be solved.
You might also enjoy:
Abandoned Places (Lesley and Roy Adkins, Nonfiction - A collection of lost cities and temples around the world)
The Libyco-Berber Alphabet (Bob Idjennaden, Nonfiction - An overview of one of the earliest known alphabetical writing systems)
The Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places (Robert Ingpen and Philip Wilkinson, Nonfiction - Ancient cities and strange places from around the world)
Anatomy of the Castle (John Gibson, Nonfiction - The history of castles)
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