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  2. Eaters of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall.

  3. The 13th Warrior - Wikipedia

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    The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on Michael Crichton's 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, [5] which is a loose adaptation of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan's historical account of the Volga Vikings. It stars Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, as well as Diane Venora and Omar Sharif.

  4. Michael Crichton - Wikipedia

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    Eaters of the Dead is narrated as a scientific commentary on an old manuscript and was inspired by two sources. The first three chapters retell Ahmad ibn Fadlan 's personal account of his journey north and his experiences in encountering the Rus' , a Varangian tribe, whilst the remainder is based upon the story of Beowulf , culminating in ...

  5. Ahmad ibn Fadlan - Wikipedia

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    Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Baghdādī) or simply known as Ibn Fadlan, was a 10th-century traveler from Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, [a] famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir to the king of ...

  6. Almanac of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    The print edition of Almanac of the Dead features a "Five Hundred Year Map," [5] [6] omitted in the e-book versions of the novel. The map depicts Silko's stylized version of the locations featured in the novel, with lines radiating outward from Tucson , Arizona to New Jersey in the northeast, San Diego in the west, and Tuxtla Gutiérrez in the ...

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  8. Joe McKinney (author) - Wikipedia

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    McKinney was an author in many genres, including horror, ghost stories, virus thrillers, crime and science fiction.Over his career, he wrote thirteen novels, developed two collections of short stories, created a tale for a comic book, and was both published in and edited numerous anthologies.

  9. Book of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, the Goldworker of Amun, 31.1777e, Brooklyn Museum. The dimensions of a Book of the Dead could vary widely; the longest is 40 m long while some are as short as 1 m. They are composed of sheets of papyrus joined together, the individual papyri varying in width from 15 cm to 45 cm.