THE LOST CIVILISATIONS COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~
A truly unique and fascinating
collection of over 90 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on one USB flash drive exploring ANCIENT LOST CIVILISATIONS & EXTINCT
CITIES.
Explore the myths and
legends surrounding the existence of Atlantis - the ancient advanced
civilisation whose first reference can be found in Plato’s Timaeus. Analyse the theories behind this lost continent and
antediluvian world. Discover forgotten empires and ancient cities, now long
extinct. Read about Pompeii and Herculaneum, the buried cities of Campania -
their history, destruction, and remains. Explore maps illustrating the
geography of the ancient world, as described by the writers of antiquity. Study
the ruins of ancient biblical cities such as Nineveh
and Babylon, and delve into the lost histories
of America.
Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an
interest in ancient lost civilizations, forgotten empires and extinct cities.
The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
This superb compilation of
93 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader.
You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written
in English with several additional texts in French and German.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A bit of
Atlantis - D. Erskine (1900)
A dweller on
two planets - F. S. Oliver (1905)
A Forgotten
Empire (Vijayanagar) - a contribution to the history of India - R. Sewell (1900)
Account of
the discoveries at Pompeii - W.
Hamilton (1777)
Ancient
cities and empires - E. H. Gillett (1901)
Atla, a story
of the lost island - J. G. Smith (1886)
Atlantis -
the antediluvian world - I. Donnelly (1882)
Atlantis und
das Volk der Atlanten - A. Knotel (1893)
Atlantis, die
Urheimat der Arier - K. G. Zchaetzsch (1922)
Atlantis, the
Lost Continent. A Review of Termier's Evidence - C. Schuchert (article) (1917)
Atlantis; a
novel - G. Hauptmann (1912)
Atlina, queen
of the floating isle - M. Toland (1893)
Beginnings or
Glimpses of vanished civilizations - M. M. Mulhall (1911)
Bismya, or
the lost city of Adab
- E. J. Banks (1912)
Buried cities
- J. Hall (1922)
Buried cities
and Bible countries - G. St Clair (1891)
Buried cities
recovered, or, Explorations in Bible lands ... recovery of many places in
sacred and profane history long considered lost - F. de Hass (1887)
Carthage, or the
empire of Africa - A. J. Church (1888)
De Atlantide
ad Timaeum atque Critiam Platonis - G. Kirchmayer (1685)
Egyptian
Civilization - Its Sumerian Origin and Real Chronology - L. Waddell (1920)
Essai
historique et critique sur l'Atlantique des anciens - F. K. Baer (1835)
Explorations
at Sodom, the story of ancient Sodom - M. Kyle (1900)
Guide to Pompeii - illustrated -
unknown author (1900)
History of
the Prehistoric Ages - Written by the Ancient Historic Band of Spirits - L. H.
Nason (1880)
Ideal
commonwealths - comprising More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's
City of the sun, and Harrington's Oceana (1901)
Ideas de los
antiguos sobre las tierras atlánticas - E. Saavedra
(1892)
Kahun, Gurob,
and Hawara - W. M. Petrie (1890)
La Atlántida
y la Ultima Tule - E. Buelna (1895)
Legendary
islands of the Atlantic - W. H. Babcock (1922)
Les villes
mortes du Golfe de Lyon - Illiberris, Ruscino, Narbon, Agde, Maguelone,
Aiguesmortes, Arles, Les Saintes-Maries - C. Lentheric (1876)
L'océan des
anciens et les peuples préhistoriques - A. C. Moreau de Jonnès (1873)
Man before
metals - N. Joly (1894)
Mitchell's
Ancient atlas; classical and sacred, containing maps illustrating the geography
of the ancient world, as described by the writers of antiquity - S. A. Mitchell
(1856)
On the
interpretation of Plato's Timaeus, critical studies with special reference to a
recent edition - J. C. Wilson (1889)
Origin of the
red men - an authentic history of the peopling of America by the Atlantians and
Tyrians; the description and history of Atlantis - J. B. Newman (1849)
Our story of
Atlantis - written down for the Hermetic Brotherhood - W. P. Phelon (1903)
Plato as a
narrator, a study in the myths - W. A. Harris (1892)
Pompei, the
city, its life & art - P. Gusmann (1900)
Pompeiana -
the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations
since 1819 Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Gell (1837)
Pompeii. Its
history, buildings, and antiquities. An account of the destruction of the city,
with a full description of the remains - T. H. Dyer (1871)
Pompeii - its life
and art - A. Mau (1899)
Pompeii and
Herculaneum, the buried cities of Campania - their history, their destruction,
and their remains - W. H. Adams (1881)
Pompeii, the new
excavations (houses and inhabitants) - M. Della Corte (1921)
Poseidon's
paradise, the romance of Atlantis - E. G. Birkmaier (1892)
Preadamites;
or, A demonstration of the existence of men before Adam - A. Winchell (1888)
Ragnarok, the
age of fire and gravel - I. Donnelly (1883)
Recent
travels and explorations in Bible lands, and the recovery of many places in
sacred history long considered lost - F. de Hass (1880)
Remains of
lost empires - sketches of the ruins of Palmyra,
Nineveh, Babylon,
and Persepolis, with some notes on India and the Cashmerian Himalayas
- P. Myers (1875)
Researches
into the early history of mankind and the development of civilization - E. B.
Tylor (1878)
Researches
into the lost histories of America;
or, The zodiac shown to be an old terrestrial map in which the Atlantic isle is
delineated - W. S. Blackett (1884)
Riddles of
prehistoric times - J. H. Anderson (1911)
Ruined cities
within Numidian and Carthaginian territories - N. Davis
(1862)
Ruins of
ancient cities Vols. 1 & 2 - C. Bucke (1840)
Schliemann's
Ausgrabungen in Troja, Tiryns, Mykenä, Orchomenos, Ithaka im Lichte der
heutigen Wissenschaft - K. Schuchardt (1891)
S'il existe
des sources de l'histoire primitive du Mexique dans les monuments égyptiens et
de l'histoire primitive de l'Ancien monde dans les monuments américains (1864)
Stories of
the High Priests of Memphis
- F. Griffith (1900)
Submerged
Atlantis restored - J. B. Leslie (1911)
Tales of the
enchanted islands of the Atlantic - T.
Higginson (1898)
Tales of Troy and Greece
- A. Lang (1907)
The buried
cities of Vesuvius Herculaneum and Pompeii
- J. F. Horne (1895)
The cities
and cemeteries of Etruria
Vols. 1 & 2 - G. Dennis (1878)
The cities of
the past - F. P. Cobbe (1864)
The cities of
the sun - stories of ancient America
founded on historical incidents in the Book of Mormon - E. C. Porter (1911)
The dead
towns of Georgia - C. C. Jones (1878)
The history
of Atlantis - L. Spence (1887)
The Hittites,
the story of a forgotten Empire - A. H. Sayce (1890)
The last days
of Pompeii - E.
Lytton (1881)
The lost
Atlantis, and other ethnographic studies - D. Wilson (1892)
The lost
cities of Ceylon
- G. E. Mitton (1917)
The Lost
Continent Atlantis - W. J. Colville (1884)
The lost
empires of the modern world - W. F. Lord (1897)
The lost
island (Atlantis) - E. T. Fletcher (1895)
The Lost
Lemuria - W. Scott-Elliott (1904)
The
Mediterranean race - a study of the origin of European peoples - G. Sergi
(1901)
The mirage of
two buried cities - J. F. Horne (1900)
The myths of
Plato - J. A. Stewart (1905)
The Oera
Linda book, from a manuscript of the thirteenth century (mentions Atlantis as
'Atland') - W. R. Sandbach (1876)
The ruined
cities of Ceylon - H. W.
Cave (1904)
The ruined
cities of Mashonaland - J. T. Bent (1902)
The ruins of Pompeii - a series of
eighteen photographic views, with an account of the destruction of the city,
and a description of the most interesting remains - T. H. Dyer (1867)
The secret
doctrine Vol. 1 - H. P. Blavatsky (1888)
The secret
doctrine Vol. 2 - H. P. Blavatsky (1888)
The secret
doctrine Vol. 3 - H. P. Blavatsky (1888)
The secret of
Plato's Atlantis - J. F. Arundell (1885)
The story of
Atlantis - a geographical, historical, and ethnological sketch - W.
Scott-Elliott (1896)
The story of Carthage - A. J. Church
(1886)
The submerged
continents of Atlantis and Lemuria - R. Steiner (1911)
The Timaeus
of Plato - Plato approx. 360 BC (published 1888)
The wonders
of Pompeii - M.
Monnier (1872)
Vanished
cities of northern Africa - B. Erskine
(1902)
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in Atlantis, lost civilizations, forgotten empires and extinct cities –
an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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