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DISCOVER HUMANITY'S MOST IMPORTANT LOST TREASURES THROUGH SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND VISUAL RECONSTRUCTION!

The 50 Greatest Lost Treasures of All Time by bestselling author-artist and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook is an illuminating and visually rich exploration of some of the world's most significant vanished artifacts. Created with the same precision and integrity found in all of Seabrook's historical works, this volume blends factual accuracy with cinematic realism to present history's lost masterpieces as clearly as modern knowledge allows.

Featuring fifty full-color, photo-realistic illustrations paired with concise, rigorously researched profiles, this book offers:

- Verified information drawn from primary sources, archaeological scholarship, museum research, and classical literature.

- Clear, consistent entries covering each treasure's origin, period, description, cultural significance, disappearance, search history, and more.

- Accurate reconstructions that honor historical detail while remaining grounded in documented evidence.

- A broad survey of lost artifacts spanning ancient civilizations, religious traditions, royal dynasties, scientific knowledge, and legendary hoards.

- An introduction exploring why the world's vanished treasures matter-and what their absence reveals about humanity's past.

- A presentation style ideal for students, historians, collectors, educators, and all lovers of ancient history and lost knowledge.

Comprehensive yet concise, The 50 Greatest Lost Treasures of All Time serves as both a serious reference work and a visually captivating guide to humanity's missing cultural heritage. Objective, meticulously researched, and artfully composed, it continues Seabrook's tradition of uniting evidence-based history with timeless imagery. Available in paperback and hardcover. (All text copyright (c) Sea Raven Press.)