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The Atlas of mysterious places the world's unexplained sacred sites, symbolic landscapes, ancient cities, and lost lands

Other Authors: Westwood, Jennifer.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Subjects:
Antiquities.
Historic sites.
Extinct cities.
Civilization, Ancient > Miscellanea.
Curiosities and wonders.
Table of Contents:
  • Glastonbury: the legendary Avalon
  • Glastonbury's temple of the stars
  • T'ai shan: a sacred Chinese mountain
  • The symbolism of Chartres
  • The powers behing Chartres
  • The mystic temple of Stonehenge
  • Stonehenge revisited
  • Avebury: an ancient fertility centre
  • Santiago de Compostela: shrine of St James
  • Newgrange: a wealth of prehistoric symbols
  • The megalithic avenues of Carnac
  • Cumae: an ancient cave of prophecy
  • The oracle at Delphi
  • The Externsteine: a German sanctuary
  • Malta: shrines to an earth mother
  • Giza: the riddle of the great pyramid
  • Champions of pyramidology
  • Palenque: a Mayan ceremonial centre
  • The unique face of the Maya
  • Mecca: the magnetic city
  • The beating heart of Islam
  • Jerusalem: the holy city of God
  • Takht-i Sulaiman: city of the royal fire
  • The fire of the Zoroastrian faith
  • The fabulous tower of Babel
  • Temple-towers of the near east
  • Nasca: the patterns of Peru
  • The people behind the lines
  • Mazes and labyrinths: symbols of the soul
  • Ayers rock: the dreamtime sanctuary
  • The earth mounds of North America
  • Geomancy: mysterious art of placement
  • Leys on the English landscape
  • The giant statues of Easter Island
  • The chalk giant of Cerne Abbas
  • Hill figures of Old England
  • Machu Picchu: fabulous Inca citadel
  • Exploring old Peru
  • Chaco Canyon: the Pueblo communities
  • The four corners country
  • Teotihuacan: mysterious city of the gods
  • Aztecs, Toltecs and Olmecs
  • Great Zimbabwe: African trade centre
  • The riches of great Zimbabwe
  • Angkor: the Hindu temple city
  • The legacy of the Khmer people
  • Knossos: the labyrinthine city
  • Susa: glorious city of the Persians
  • The legendary city of Troy
  • The protagonists of Troy
  • Petra: the city of tombs
  • Mohenjo-Daro: the first planned city
  • Atlantis: a paradise lost?
  • They found Atlantis?
  • The vanished domain of Lyonesse
  • Lemuria: the elusive continent
  • Advocates of lost Lemuria
  • Shangri-La: the secret utopia
  • Eldorado: the fabulous golden realm
  • Digging for South American gold.

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