8vo. ix, [5], 383 pp., vii, [3], 9 maps, 32 b/w plates, drawings, red cloth in slightly rubbed round the edges d/w, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, first American edition, 1969.

Synopsis

A personal narrative of the discovery of a fifth great ancient civilization, hitherto totally unknown, to rival the 5000 year old glories of Egypt, Babylon, Sumer, and the Indus valley.