THE LOST CIVILISATIONS
& EXTINCT CITIES
 COLLECTION

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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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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

 

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the USB drive if requested.

 

 

Please note that this is a portable USB drive that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but cannot be connected to a normal DVD player / TV, X-Box or audio CD player.

 

 

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