COCHINEAL RED: TRAVELS THROUGH ANCIENT PERU
Book ID/图书代码： 10010006B08437
English Summary/英文概要： Peru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the mummified bodies so well preserved by the nitrates of its deserts. After his acclaimed book on the Incas, The White Rock, Hugh Thomson unwraps those layers to show how civilisation emerged so early and so spectacularly in this toughest and most arid of terrains. Many of the extraordinary cultures of Ancient Peru, from the lines of Nasca to the temple-cult of Chavin, buried in the mountains, and the great pyramids of the coast, have only started to give up their secrets and antiquity in just the last few years. As one archaeologist put it: ’Imagine if all the discoveries of Ancient Egypt had been made so recently - the finding of Tutankhamen’s tomb, of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, of Abu Simbel - and you have some idea of the great excitement at what has been happening in Peru.’ Hugh Thomson has been at the forefront of some of these discoveries himself, having made headlines with his work near Machu Picchu. Now he takes the reader on a journey back from the world of the Incas to the first dawn of Andean civilisation, to give an immensely personal and accessible guide to the wonders that have been revealed.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 秘鲁被它远古的文明层层环绕着, 象一个木乃伊被沙漠的硝酸钾很好的保存下来。在他关于印加人的畅销书《白色的岩石》之后，休汤姆森解开那些层向读者们描述文明在这个最凶恶而最干旱的地形中怎样出现的那么早，那么壮观的。
许多远古的秘鲁的非凡的文化从埋葬在山里的Nasca的线路到Chavin和海岸的伟大的金字塔只不过仅仅在过去的几年里已经开始放弃它们的秘密和古代的遗物。
就如一名考古学家所说的: ‘设想一下假如远古埃及的所有的发现都发生在最近的几年-Tutankhamen坟墓的发现, 伟大的基奥普斯金字塔的发现，Abu Simbel的发现，对于在秘鲁正在发生的事情带给人们的强烈的兴奋感你就会有一些概念了’。
休汤姆森他自己已经在处在这些发现里的一些发现的最前线，他在Machu Picchu附近的工作已经受到新闻媒体的关注。 现在他带着读者们从印加人的世界走到安第斯人的文明。
Awards/获奖情况：*英国亚马逊网上书店销售排名：25,662
About the Author/作者介绍： 休汤姆森在英国剑桥大学学习英语并在成为一名电影制作人前在布里斯托大学担任过讲师。他为英国广播公司指导了许多长篇的记录片包括授予奖项的《在街上跳舞– 一个摇摆舞的历史》。 他的电视电影包括BBC的伟大的旅程系列关于Cortez的墨西哥的入侵和由William Dalrymple扮演的关于印度的一个系列。
Hugh Thomson read English at Cambridge University and worked briefly as a lecturer at Bristol University before becoming a film-maker. He has directed many feature-length documentaries for the BBC, including the award-winning Dancing in the Street – a Rock and Roll History. His films for television include the BBC’s Great Journeys series about Cortez’s invasion of Mexico and a series on India presented by William Dalrymple.
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