Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History "If any global archaeologist were asked to name the top ten archaeological discoveries that have made the greatest impact on archaeology and history, most lists would be likely to unanimously mention the following huge impact discoveries: the Rosetta Stone, Pompeii, Nineveh, Troy, King Tut's Tomb, Machu Picchu, Thera-Akrotiri, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Olduvai Gorge starting with the Leakey Era and the Tomb of the Ten Thousand Warriors in China. This exciting book, written with a taut narrative, relates the dramatic moments of these discoveries, whether by professional archaeologists or by amateurs' accidents, and highlights their significance to history." Published by Penguin / Plume Publishers Released Fall, 2007 and on Amazon.com Go to: www.tendiscoveries.com now! --- Reviews --- "...Hunt writes colorfully and enthusiastically...an enjoyable, wide-ranging introduction to the importance of archaeology in writing-or rewriting-history." -- Library Journal, Aug, 2007 "...A concise, well-written, and engrossing read." -- Manhattan Public Library, Dec, 2008 "...Ten monumental discoveries -- some accidental, some deliberate -- that have historically acted like searchlights illuminating the historical record of particular eras." -- Steve Goddard's History Wire, Jan, 2008 "...Captivating volume catalogs ten earth-shaking archaeological finds brought to light in only the relatively recent past. The accounts skillfully convey the excitement of discovery..." -- Social Studies School Service, 2008 "...brilliant book..." -- The Daily Galaxy, Sept 2007 Amazon.com -- 5 Star Ratings! Customer Reviews

Renaissance Visions: Myth and Art RENAISSANCE VISIONS: MYTH AND ART details selected ekphrases of great painters such as Titian, Mantegna, Leonardo, Bruegel, Michelangelo, among others, on myth. It explores the extensive background and legend surrounding twelve favorite works of Renaissance art, such as Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Caravaggio's Narcissus. Here are vivid interpretations of these classic representations of Greek and Roman myth, taking into account the ambiguity of the original stories and the subsequent variety of perspectives on their meaning. In conversational prose that invites the reader to delve into the book, the book transports the reader into an era devoted to beauty and myth. Available March, 2008 at Stanford Bookstore, internet and Amazon.com

Myths For All Time Timeless Greek myths retold as stories are never out of fashion. These familiar tales form a priceless treasure that became one of the foundations for Western culture, art and history. Without Greek myths, our history, our imagination and our art would be that much poorer. With these myths, we better understand our own time and place. Nearly every great writer for thousands of years has somehow made direct reference or alluded to Greek myths, incorporating some of the stories into many an individual corpus of literature. These watershed myths became vehicles for expressing some of our deepest ideas in metaphor. Greek myths are essentially metaphysical stories where almost anything can happen, unfolding in twists of plot that employ such universal themes as hope, destiny, love, despair and judgment. In addition to iconographic background and structural analyses, twelve selected myths appear here told in the medium of short story with lively dialogue and riveting action. The myths selectively told in this book are Orpheus and Eurydice, Midas' Golden Touch, Daedalus and Icarus, Narcissus and Echo, Heracles at Olympia, Demeter and Persephone, Dionysus and the Pirates, Achilles and Penthesilea, Apollo and Daphne, Oedipus and the Sphinx, Pandora's Box and Endymion and Artemis Book released Fall 2007 from Ariel Books, New York. Buy this book on Amazon.com

Alpine Archaeology Alpine archaeology is a specialized field, where normal archaeological principles apply (stratigraphy, pedology, data recording, anthropogenic features, materials analyses, etc.) but where circumstances can be considerably different. Higher altitude with a cold climate impacts archaeological research and its practice in different ways, and they also have bearing on the survival of materials, especially organic or metal objects, which could be better preserved due to inhibited decomposition and corrosion from less oxidation and lower diffusion rates. Montane soil and soil chemistry may also be far more geologically-derived than produced by plant decay. The spectacular find of the 5000 year old "Otzi the Ice Man" is an illustration of some of this difference relative to temperate zone archaeology, where his body was frozen in an glacial context for millennia. This book mostly addresses the author's research in the Alps for over a decade, conducted while directing the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project. Online previews of some of the chapters can be found below on Archaeolog, a Stanford University internet resource. Now Available at the Stanford University Bookstore and on Amazon.com by mid-April or early May). Buy this book on Amazon.com photo © Marlin Lum

Rembrandt This book is now available at the Stanford Bookstore! Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) is the sublime and paradoxically familiar artist. Only the Greatest Masters and Geniuses of the first rank are easily called by one name. Yet even among these peers, few have the distinction of being household names and so often taken for granted as Rembrandt. Both the Romantic and Impressionist movements in art would be unlikely without him. Certainly the Baroque Era in which he lived emulated as well as eventually abandoned him within his poignant and troubled lifetime. Few artists are overshadowed by their own fame in their teens, only to be ignored in their old age like Rembrandt. Which is the real Rembrandt? Genius, Curmudgeon, Master Engraver, Biblical Master, Hero Cult Figure, Vain, Miser, Greedy, Extravagant Spendthrift, Failed Businessman, Vindictive and Petty are just a few of the nouns and adjectives used to describe Rembrandt even in his own day. Perhaps all of these descriptions are “true” in one way or another. Although it would be impossible to prove many of these somewhat troubling descriptions, they are not necessarily contradictory. It must be one of the greatest paradoxes in art that Rembrandt, like Caravaggio before him, is known for being among the greatest of all religious painters while not being particularly outwardly religious. Rembrandt left no manual of his art, no revelatory journal of his life or handbook of his artistic techniques and very little correspondence has survived beyond little more than a handful of letters and a few brief notes, yet his work has profoundly influenced every generation of artists after him. Released : Ariel Books, New York, November, 2006 Buy Now! Buy the book now at the Stanford Bookstore REMBRANDT 2nd edition now available. Buy this book on Amazon.com --- Reviews --- "...Hunt sensitively considers how the circumstances of Rembrandt's life affected his art...for specialists this book has some ideas worth noting and that deserve to be more widely known...a highly readable and accessible work for the general public and an unexpected source of insight for scholars..." -- from the A.L.A. journal 'CHOICE' (American Library Association)