Ancient Semitic Civilizations

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THE ARCTIC YEAR By PETER FREUCHEN with Finn Salomonsen Freuchen's "wondrous legacy continues to grow" in this distinguished and unusual collaboration of a month-by-month account of life in the Arctic. A "must" for naturalists and Freuchen fans. Illustrated with line drawings and maps. $5.95 THE LIVING PAST By IVAR LISSNER 7,000 years of civilization flash before your eyes in this panoramic study of the emergence of humán civilization. Ten years in the writing, this extraordinary book has become a world-wide best seller translated into 12 languages. It probes the mysteries of mankind's past not only with the spade of archaeology, but with all the means available to modern scholarship. 64 pages of fabulous photographs. $5.95 JERUSALEM By MICHEL JOIN-LAMBERT Jerusalem, as the abiding city whence sprang the faith of the Western World, is of perennial interest to Western man. To Islam and Judaism alsó, Jerusalem is a city of a profoundly transcendent meaning. There is in truth no city in... Tovább

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THE ARCTIC YEAR By PETER FREUCHEN with Finn Salomonsen Freuchen's "wondrous legacy continues to grow" in this distinguished and unusual collaboration of a month-by-month account of life in the Arctic. A "must" for naturalists and Freuchen fans. Illustrated with line drawings and maps. $5.95 THE LIVING PAST By IVAR LISSNER 7,000 years of civilization flash before your eyes in this panoramic study of the emergence of humán civilization. Ten years in the writing, this extraordinary book has become a world-wide best seller translated into 12 languages. It probes the mysteries of mankind's past not only with the spade of archaeology, but with all the means available to modern scholarship. 64 pages of fabulous photographs. $5.95 JERUSALEM By MICHEL JOIN-LAMBERT Jerusalem, as the abiding city whence sprang the faith of the Western World, is of perennial interest to Western man. To Islam and Judaism alsó, Jerusalem is a city of a profoundly transcendent meaning. There is in truth no city in the world that has a comparable claim on the allegiance of mankind. Yet only comparatively recently has the city itself been the object of systematic archaeological study. This began in 1838 with the researches initiated by the American clergyman, Edward Robinson. Since then unceasing efforts have been directed towards revealing the full history of the Holy City. Here, for the first time, the results of all this labour are presented to the generál reader in a manner that recaptures all the magic of discovering a city whose contribution to humanity is immeasurable. In the three sections of the book-Israelitc Jerusalem, Christian Jerusalem and Muslim Jerusalem-Michel Join-Lambert gives a graphic, reverent picture of each phase in the history of that city that is more than a city. The illustrations, of which there are more than a hundred- photographs, maps, charts-vividly depict all the varied aspects of the city that stands athwart the path of history. $5.95 Vissza