The World's Last Mysteries by Reader's Digest NEW

This sale is for The World’s Last Mysteries Hard Cover Book by Readers Digest.  The 319-page hardcover book is in excellent gift giving condition.  It looks like it was never opened.  There is no writing in the book, no dog ear pages, no loose, torn or missing pages and no yellowing.  The cover is in excellent condition too.  It was acquired from a very clean, smoke free estate. 

This book begins with some of European man's most cherished myths-the Utopian vision of Atlantis, the search for an Eldorado whose wealth was beyond imagining, the discovery of a green and fruitful New World-and shows what science now suggests is the reality behind each of these stories.

The book is organized into the following table of contents:

• In search of fabled lands
• Voyage to Atlantis
• The search for Eldorado, land of gold
• The land of the Queen of Sheba
• Who really discovered the new world?

• Age of the megaliths
• Strange stones of western Europe
• Soul-statues of Corsica
• The secrets of Stonehenge
• The giants of Easter Island

• Cities of Mystery
• Teotihucan, city of gods
• The lost empire of the Indus Valley
• The silent stories of Tiahuanaco
• The world’s first cities
• The last refuge of the Incas

• Secrets of the pyramids
• The men who built the Tower of Babel
• Pyramids in the Americas
• Inside the Pyramids of the Pharaohs

• Vanished peoples, forgotten places
• When the Sahara was green
• The Scythians, fierce horsemen of the steppes
• Zimbabwe, Africa’s lost civilization
• Splendor in the jungle at Angkor
• The Olmecs, a race of precursors
• The magnificent realm of the Mayas
• Enigmatic messages of the Nazcas
• Did a black hole hit Siberia?

• Gazetteer of mysterious sites around the world

Please check our store and other auction sales for more books and many great new and vintage gifts including a pair of vintage cornucopia vases that are lovely for Thanksgiving.    We add new items every day so please check back often.

We are always pleased to combine shipping.  There is no sales tax and never a handling fee.  This package weighs three pounds 3-oz. and qualifies for inexpensive media class mail.

We provide delivery confirmation.  Insurance is optional. If you choose not to purchase insurance, please do not ask for a refund if the item is lost or damaged during shipment.  Thanks!