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100 1 $aThurston, Harry,$d1950-
245 10 $aSecrets of the sands :$bthe revelations of Egypt's everlasting oasis /$cHarry Thurston.
260 $aNew York :$bArcade Pub.,$cc2012.
300 $ax, 388 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm
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500 $aOriginally published: 2003.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-383) and index.
505 00 $gPart I$tIsland of the Blessed --$gPart II$tThe Garden C.400,000 - 12,000 B.P. --$gPart III$tCrossers of the Sand 12,000 - 4000 B.P.
520 $a"Amid a sea of sand, in a part of Egypt so parched that decades pass between rainstorms, a green island may contain the whole of human history. It is called Dakhleh, the "everlasting oasis", and it holds a rich trove of archaeological clues... Over the course of a thirty-year dig, [an international team of archeologists] has discovered a perfect Old Kingdom town, with buildings ranging from palaces to common bakeries; the oldest monumental architecture in Egypt, even older than the pyramids; an archive of 10,000 papyri; huge caches of mummies, some still covered in ancient foil; an entire Roman city... and the world's two oldest books, their pages of thin wood still bound together with age-old string. Perhaps most impressive of all is that these discoveries occurred in a single, magical place where it is possible to trace human habitation back more than 400,000 years-- before the advent of modern Homo sapiens." -- Dust jacket flap.
651 0 $aDakhla Oasis (Egypt)$xHistory.
651 0 $aDakhla Oasis (Egypt)$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aEgypt$xCivilization$yTo 332 B.C.
651 0 $aEgypt$xCivilization$y332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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