Lost Civilization - Illustrated World

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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Rare landscapes and unique folk customs, lost ancient civilizations and precious cultural relics, mysterious earth mysteries and bizarre earth wonders—all converge and collide here, creating a symphony poem of nature and culture. With dynamic words, it outlines the Chinese landscape scroll, while vibrant images tell the geographical symbols of the East and West. Over 1,500 colorful geographical landmarks, more than 4,000 magnificent photographs, and a 2.6 million-word, 10-volume human geography masterpiece weave a dreamlike journey through time and space. What is gone will never return, but the preservation of countless ruins gives us the possibility of long-distance reflection, gradually revealing the mysterious smile of ancient civilizations through this shared gaze. The wise Greeks, the great Romans, the eternal Egyptians, the devout Indians, the beautiful Babylonians, and the mysterious Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs—like old photographs of human childhood—everything appears both real and distant. People have already solved many mysteries, just as an adult seeks to recapture their childhood memories, but the more they solve, the more unsolvable mysteries remain. We cannot imagine how today's people would enjoy the fruits of these brilliant civilizations if they had been successfully inherited.