Hidden History: Lost Civilizations, Secret Knowledge, and Ancient Mysteries by Brian Haughton (beginner reading books for adults txt) 📕

R. Leigh. The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception. New York: Pocket Books, 1993.

Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. and Mary A. Tolbert. (ed) and Segovia, Fernando F. (ed). The Ancient Library of Qumran. (3rd Edition) Sheffield, U.K.: Sheffield Academic Press/ Fortress Press, 1995.

Fagan, B. (ed) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Golb, N. Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran, New York: Scribner, 1995.

Scrolls from the Dead Sea-The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship. An Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. www.ibiblio.org/expo / deadsea. scrolls. exhibit / intro. html.

National Geographic article on the lost Gospel of Judas. www9.nationalgeographic.com/ lostgospel.

The Crystal Skull of Doom

Morant, G.M. "A Morphological Comparison of Two Crystal Skulls." Man 36 (July 1936): 105-107.

Morton, C. & C.L. Thomas. The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls. London: Thorsons, 1997.

Nickell, J. & J.F. Fischer. Secrets of the Supernatural: Investigating the World's Occult Mysteries. Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1991.

Article about British Museum crystal skull www.sgallery.net/news/ 01_2005109.php.

The Voynich Manuscript

Kennedy, G & R. Churchill. The Voynich Manuscript. London: Orion, 2004.

Goldstone, L & N. Goldstone. The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World. London: Doubleday, 2005.

Rene Zandbergen's site. www. voynich. nu / index. html.

The Bog Bodies of Northern Europe

Fagan, B. (ed) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Glob, P.V. The Bog People. London: Paladin Books, 1971.

Parker Pearson, M. & A.T. Chamberlain. Earthly Remains: The History and Science of Preserved Human Bodies. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Bodies of the Bogs. www.archaeology.org/online/ features/bog.

"Iron Age `bog bodies' unveiled." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/ 4589638.stm.

The Mysterious Life and Death of Tutankhamun

David, R. Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt. London: Penguin Books, 2002.

Brier, B. The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story np: New York: Berkley Trade, 2005.

Fagan, B. (ed) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Reeves, N. The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure. London: Thames & Hudson, 1990.

"King Tut died from broken leg." BBC News article. http: / / news. bbc. co. uk / 1 / hi l sci l tech l 4328903. stm.

The Real Robin Hood

Holt, J.C. Robin Hood. London: Thames & Hudson, 1989.

Keen, M. The Outlaws of Medieval Legend. London: Routledge, 2000.

Pollard, A.J. Imagining Robin Hood: The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context. London: Routledge, 2004.

Molyneux-Smith, T. Robin Hood and the Lords of Wellow. Nottinghamshire County Library, 1998.

"Robin Hood and his Historical Context" by Dr Mike Ibeji www. bbc.co. uk / history / state / monarchs-leaders / robin Ol.shtml.

"Robin Hood Outlaw Legend of Loxley." myweb.ecomplanet.com/kirk6479/ default. htm.

The Amazons: Warrior Women at the Edge of Civilization

Behan, M. & J. Davis-Kimball. Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines. New York: Warner Books, 2003.

Herodotus. The Histories. (trans. Aubrey de Selincourt). London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2003.

James, P. & N. Thorpe. Ancient Mysteries. New York: Ballantine Books. 1999.

Rolle, R. The World of the Scythians. New York: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1989.

Rothery, G.C. The Amazons. (Reprint of original published by Francis Griffiths, 1910). Senate. 1995.

Salmonson, J.A. The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era. New York: Anchor Books, 1992.

Tyrell, W.B. Amazons: A Study in Athenian Mythmaking. Baltimore, M.D.: John Hopkins University Press, 1984.

The Mystery of the Ice Man

Fagan, B. (ed) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Fowler, B. Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier. New York: Random House, 2000.

James, P. & N. Thorpe. Ancient Mysteries. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.

Spindler, K. The Man in the Ice. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology webpage about the Iceman. www. arc haeologiemuseum. it / fOl_ice_uk.html.

The History and Myth of the Knights Templar

Baigent, M. & R. Leigh. The Temple and the Lodge. New York: Arcade, 1991.

Barber, M. The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Lord, E. Knights Templar in Britain, White Plains, N.Y.: Longman, 2004.

Martin, S. The Knights Templar: The History and Myths of the Legendary Military Order. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005.

The Prehistoric Puzzle of the Floresians

"Critics silenced by scans of hobbit skull." www.bioedonline.org/news/ news. cfm?art=1615.

"Flores Man Special" in Nature magazine. www.nature.com/news/specials/ fl ores / index. html.

"New `Hobbit' disease link claim." news.bbc.co. uk 12 / hi /science l nature l 4268122.stm.

New Scientist article. www.newscientist.com/ article. ns ?id=dn 6588.

The Magi and the Star of Bethlehem

Gilbert, A. Magi: Uncovering the Secret Society that Read the Birth of Jesus in the Stars. Montpeler, VT: Invisible Cities Press, 2002.

Molnar, M.R. The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Vincent, K.R. The Magi: From Zoroaster to the "Three Wise Men." Richland Hills, Tex: D. & F. Scott Publishing, 1999.

The Druids

Berresford Ellis, P. A Brief History of the Druids. London: Constable & Robinson, 2002.

James, P. & N. Thorpe. Ancient Mysteries. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.

Piggott, S. The Druids. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1985.

Ross, A. Pagan Celtic Britain. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1967.

The Queen of Sheba

Clapp, Nicholas. Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen. Wilmington, Mass.: Mariner Books, 2002.

Schippmann, K. Ancient South Arabia: From the Queen of Sheba to the Advent of Islam. Princeton, N.J.: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2002.

A complete guide to the Queen of Sheba, edited by Tim Spalding. www.isidore- of-seville.com /sheba/ index.html.

The Mystery of the Tarim Mummies

Fagan, B. M. (ed) The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Mallory, J.P. & V.H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.

Wayland Barber, E. The Mummies of Urumchi. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000.

The Strange Tale of the Green Children

Appleby, J.T. The Troubled Reign of King Stephen. London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1969.

Briggs, K.M. A Dictionary of Fairies. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1977.

Moore, S. (ed). Fortean Studies: No. 4. London: John Brown Publishing, 1998.

Shuker, K The Unexplained: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Natural and Paranormal Mysteries.