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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review).
 
Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge

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In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences...

Describes the work of archaeologists who have uncovered the artifacts of ancient Aztecs of Mexico.

Nadelennaia potriasaiushchim chutem i fenomenalnoi pamiatiu, Agata Misteri mechtaet stat pisatelnitcei detektivnykh romanov. No eto v budushchem, a poka ona prosto prevoskhodnaia syshchitca! Vmeste so svoim nezadachlivym dvoiurodnym bratom Larri, studentom detektivnoi shkoly, ona puteshestvuet po miru, chtoby reshat samye zaputannye zagadki. A pomogaiut im predannyi dvoretckii, vrednyi sibirskii kot i mnozhestvo nepodrazhaemykh chudakovatykh rodstvennikov....

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels Africa exploring archaeological sites of past civilizations.

"The next in New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series involves the Knights of Malta, papal conclave, and lost documents that could change history. A deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's latest international Cotton Malone thriller. The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled...

Photographs and essays explore seventy of the most mysterious aspects of ancient Egypt, including the pyramids, tombs, pharaohs and queens, people, places, beliefs, and accomplishments of time.