'Once, a very long time ago, King Mer-kar ruled over the city of Uruk in ancient Sumer'.. so begins this folktale from the ancient Near East. The City of Rainbows is the story of a wise king, a foolish king, magical deeds, talking animals, witches, sorcerers and godesses. This modern re-telling of the story for children includes illustrations by the author based on Sumerian mosaic art.

The City of Rainbows: A Tale from Ancient Sumer

Children's Books

Foster, Karen

Literature & Fiction

Univ Pennsylvania Museum Pubs

A comprehensive series of reconstructed views rendered in colors approximating the original finishes of polished plaster and paint, with 42 different stages of development in three-dimensional form, show what the Acropolis looked like at various times from ca. 330 BCE to CE 600. On an accompanying CD-ROM 112 color plates include constructions of individual structures and some photos of Acropolis fabric at the time of excavation and consolidation. The text accompanying the color plates provides a rationale for the sequences illustrated and an interpretation of ancient Maya intentions in developing the architectural forms that were found, including ideas of rulership and monumental architecture.
Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376585.
University Museum Monograph, 128

A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala--Additions and Alterations: Tikal Report 34A (University Museum Monograph, 128)

History

Loten, H. Stanley

Americas

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