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Bodies from the Ash:Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
With the help of detailed photographs, the author describes how historical fact is established by excavating and reconstructing the volcanic site of Pompeii.
| Author: Deem, James M. |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Librarian Who Measured the Earth, The
A "responsibly imagined" biography of Eratosthenes, the librarian of the great library in Alexandria, Egypt,in the 3rd Century B. C., describes how he measured the circumference of the earth.
| Author: Lasky, Kathryn |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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Secrets of the Sphinx
Beautiful illustrations and extensive supplementary material accompany this well-researched history of the Egyptian Sphinx from prehistory to the present.
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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