EMPIRES IN THE DUST By Robert Silverberg 1966 Bantam Paperback

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EMPIRES IN THE DUST

By Robert Silverberg

WHODUNIT?

Deciphering coded inscriptions, tracing wild clues, piecing together bits and fragments

— archaeological detectives unearth the rich secrets of the past. Who was there?

Where did they come from?

What language did they speak?

The EGYPTIANS

Their land had been plundered by thieves, invaded by Napoleon, exploited by profit seekers, yet the most spectacular treasure lay hidden until the twentieth century.

The HITTITES

Clay tablets disclosed their highly developed laws and the earliest known treaty - a defensive alliance with Egypt.

The PHOENICIANS

Bold seamen, wily traders, their heroes were Hiram of Tyre, Dido, who founded Carthage, and Hannibal whose elephants struck panic in the armies of Rome. Their legacy to civilization: the alphabet, the basis of the one we use today.

The mysteries of the complex pre-Aryan civilization in the Indus Valley, the Etruscans in Italy, and the Incas in Peru —all gloriously told in EMPIRES IN THE DUST.