Author: JEANNE. BLANCHET
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977231109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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In 1991, two hikers in the Austrian-Italian Alps discovered a 5,300-year-old mummy partially embedded in a glacier. Ötzi may now be considered one of the most significant archeological finds of all time, but who was he when he was alive? Award-winning author Jeanne Blanchet, PhD, spent years researching Ötzi to weave a suspenseful fictional biography of intrigue and murder. At Ötzi's birth, a shaman foretold that he would do amazing things and impart priceless knowledge to future generations. But to reach that goal, he was forced to endure a life of hardship, including avalanches, bear attacks, and enemies intent on taking down the one man capable of revealing an earth-shattering secret that would revolutionize society. Vivid and realistic, yet as thrilling as a mystery novel, The Iceman: A Novel of Ötzi is a revelation of one man's saga in Europe's Chalcolithic Age. This riveting work of historical fiction will keep readers breathless to the very last page.
Author: Angelika Fleckinger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783852562445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Author: Amanda Lanser
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1629685119
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Every new and groundbreaking archaeological discovery refines our understanding of human history. This title examines the study of Ötzi the iceman. The book explores what scientists know about Ötzi's life, traces his discovery and the subsequent scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts. Well-placed sidebars, vivid photos, helpful maps, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of the topic. Additional features include a table of contents, a selected bibliography, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author: Brenda Fowler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226258232
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Featuring a new Afterword, this is the spectacular story of the 1991 discovery of a Stone Age man in the Alps, a lonely frozen figure who offers clues about the world of 3000 B.C. 33 halftones.
Author: Seeds & McMoneagle
Publisher: Evidential Details
ISBN: 9780982692813
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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America's decorated, military intelligence remote viewer targets the Italian-Austrian border ~ 3,200 BC Solve the mysteries surrounding Europe's archeological show of the century. Learn about Otzi the Iceman's undetermined home village, life circumstances, how and why died alone in the mountains. which some consider a Neolithic crime scene. Includes maps, a drawing of one of his yet undiscovered tools, a real time portrait from 5300 years ago, and a new interpretation of the man and his still nameless group of people. Includes the Princess Diana Accident sessions Introduction.
Author: Sharon Krasny
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781646633890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Nine strikes and a few sparks. Thirteen strikes and a spark caught a little smoke, but I hurried and blew too much while jostling the needles. Focus, Gaspare. I felt the call deep within where my blood retreated to stay close to my heart. Focus. My head felt sluggish and my movements dragged with effort. Slowing my breathing I rearranged the needles on the bark and struck again--five strikes and the little spark became an ember. Gaspare, in the role of a young Ötzi the Iceman, desperate to confront his fate and honor his father, receives the ultimate sacrifice. At thirteen with a gifted calling and promise of prophecy, he must face his failures, fight the oppression from his brothers, and learn to live in a society that deemed him a curse. This is Gaspare, the reborn Iceman found murdered on the Ötzal mountains as he begins his tale that led him to that fateful day. From questions surrounding the mystery of Ötzi's mummy preserved from the Neolithic Era, this debut novel explores how he got some of his sixty-one tattoos, found his life's purpose in his copper axe, and how he lived. Iceman Awakens speaks of the timeless voices of love, destiny, and betrayal.
Author: Gary Urton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477312641
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Inka khipus--spun and plied cords that record information through intricate patterns of knots and colors--constitute the only available primary sources on the Inka empire not mediated by the hands, minds, and motives of the conquering Europeans. As such, they offer direct insight into the worldview of the Inka--a view that differs from European thought as much as khipus differ from alphabetic writing, which the Inka did not possess. Scholars have spent decades attempting to decipher the Inka khipus, and Gary Urton has become the world's leading authority on these artifacts. In Inka History in Knots, Urton marshals a lifetime of study to offer a grand overview of the types of quantative information recorded in khipus and to show how these records can be used as primary sources for an Inka history of the empire that focuses on statistics, demography, and the "longue durée" social processes that characterize a civilization continuously adapting to and exploiting its environment. Whether the Inka khipu keepers were registering census data, recording tribute, or performing many other administrative tasks, Urton asserts that they were key players in the organization and control of subject populations throughout the empire and that khipu record-keeping vitally contributed to the emergence of political complexity in the Andes. This new view of the importance of khipus promises to fundamentally reorient our understanding of the development of the Inka state and the possibilities for writing its history.
Author: James M. Deem
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618800452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The author of "Bodies from the Ash" and "Bodies from the Bog" takes readers on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past. Full color.
Author: Oliver Thomas
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449795595
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 179
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Preserved in a glacier for more than 5,000 years, the Iceman is the oldest intact human body ever found. Advanced scientific research has revealed amazing details about the life of this prehistoric man. Nevertheless, is the rumor true this mummy carries a curse? Is this ancient body actually marked with the number 666? Who killed the Iceman and why was he murdered? Embark on a quest through time and unravel the mystery of the Iceman. You are about to be confronted with a discovery that can only be described as earth shaking! Is this the body of an ancient biblical figure? Join the authors as they investigate a 5,000-year-old murder mystery that will leave you stunned.
Author: James M. Deem
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618473084
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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