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Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Wilby's all grown up now, with a wife and a son. Unfortunately, he's still subject to furry transformation every time the inscription on an ancient scarab ring is read aloud...not a comforting prospect when you're a candidate for District Attorney!
Publisher
A & E Television Networks :
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer uproots a large stone covered with mysterious runes. Now known as the Kensington Rune Stone, it details a journey of land acquisition and murder-- in the year 1362. Thought by some to be a hoax, new evidence suggests it could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure-- the Holy Grail. See how symbols on the Rune Stone...
Series
Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy volume Volume 12
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
18) Runes
Author
Series
Publisher
J Paul Getty Museum
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Runes -- letters in a set of related alphabets used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet -- can be found across northwestern Europe, on everything from gravestones to jewelry. This mysterious and ancient script, in use from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, has fascinated forensic scientists, archaeologists, linguists, art historians -- and even J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated with objects from...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
Describes the discoveries of and efforts to decipher long forgotten languages and relates how the interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, Assyrian cuneiform, and the Linear "B" of the Minoans opened important doors to these ancient civilizations.