Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
of C.W. Ceram, Sophie Wilkins (Translator), E.B. Garside (Translator)
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C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it.From the Paperback edition.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 536 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date July 12th 1986
- First Publication 11/06/49
- Language English
- ISBN 9780394743196
- Edition Second Revised Edition
- Category History & Politics
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