Lost Cities And Forgotten Tribes

Description for LOST CITIES AND FORGOTTEN TRIBES edited by F Dempewolff with an introduction by Isaac Asimov:

Inscrutable monuments...extinguished cultures...

Vanished races---mystery upon ancient mystery comes closer to solution as archaeologists challenge the past to give up its tantalizing secrets. You'll marvel over:

The way cosmic rays are being used to penetrate the secrets of the Second Pyramid of Gisa.

The lost pre-Mayan "people of the jaguar."

Mammoth drawings etched in the Peruvian desert---designed for what distant eyes?

The search for King Solomon's mines.

The controversy over the Viking cryptograms.

The incredible discovery of a 2,000-year-old Chinese lady.

The Curious case of the 1,500-year-old murder!

A fascinating journey down the long road to man's beginnings, with intriguing side trips into some of the darkest corners of the human history.