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Gods, graves, and scholars : the story of archaeology / by C.W. Ceram ; translated from the German by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.Edition: 2d, rev. and substantially enl. edDescription: xvi, 441, xiv p. : ill., maps, 32 plates, ports. ; 22 cmUniform titles:
  • Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte. English.
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Gods, graves, and scholars.LOC classification:
  • CC100 .M313 1967
Also issued online.
Contents:
I. The book of the Statues: Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete -- The Queen of Naples: From her garden to Pompeii -- Winckelmann: Birth of a science -- Interlude: Why search for the past? -- Schliemann (I): Merchant digs for Trojan gold -- Schliemann (II): Mask of Agamemnon -- Schliemann (III): Conflict with the scholars -- Schliemann (IV): Mycenae, Tiryns, and Crete -- Evans: Crete and the Minotaur -- II. The book of the pyramids: The empires of Eypt -- Napolean: In the land of the Pharaohs -- Champollion (I): Mystery of the Rosetta Stone -- Champollion (II): Treason and hieroglyphics -- Belzoni, Lepsius, and Mariette: Life in Ancient Egypt -- Petrie: Tomb of Amenemhet -- Robbers in the valley of the Kings -- Mummies -- Carter: Tomb of Tutankhamen -- Carter: Curse of the Pharaohs -- III. The book of the towers: The kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria -- Botta finds Nineveh -- Grotefend: A schoolteacher deciphers cuneiform -- Rawlinson: Nebuchadnezzar's dictionary in clay -- Layard: Dilettante outwits a pasha -- George Smith: The story of the flood -- Koldewey: The Tower of Babel -- Woolley: The oldest culture in the world -- IV. The book of the temples: The empires of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the toltecs -- Cortés (I): The treasure of Moctezuma -- Cortés (II): The beheaded culture -- John Lloyd Stephens buys a jungle city -- Intermezzo -- The mystery of the abandoned Mayan cities -- Edward Herbert Thompson: Chichén-Itzá and the sacred well -- Aztecs, Mayas, and Toltecs: Whence did they come? -- V. Books that cannot yet be written -- New searches in Old Empires -- Chronological tables -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries.
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Translation of Götter, Gräber, und Gelehrte.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-441) and index.

I. The book of the Statues: Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete -- The Queen of Naples: From her garden to Pompeii -- Winckelmann: Birth of a science -- Interlude: Why search for the past? -- Schliemann (I): Merchant digs for Trojan gold -- Schliemann (II): Mask of Agamemnon -- Schliemann (III): Conflict with the scholars -- Schliemann (IV): Mycenae, Tiryns, and Crete -- Evans: Crete and the Minotaur -- II. The book of the pyramids: The empires of Eypt -- Napolean: In the land of the Pharaohs -- Champollion (I): Mystery of the Rosetta Stone -- Champollion (II): Treason and hieroglyphics -- Belzoni, Lepsius, and Mariette: Life in Ancient Egypt -- Petrie: Tomb of Amenemhet -- Robbers in the valley of the Kings -- Mummies -- Carter: Tomb of Tutankhamen -- Carter: Curse of the Pharaohs -- III. The book of the towers: The kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria -- Botta finds Nineveh -- Grotefend: A schoolteacher deciphers cuneiform -- Rawlinson: Nebuchadnezzar's dictionary in clay -- Layard: Dilettante outwits a pasha -- George Smith: The story of the flood -- Koldewey: The Tower of Babel -- Woolley: The oldest culture in the world -- IV. The book of the temples: The empires of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the toltecs -- Cortés (I): The treasure of Moctezuma -- Cortés (II): The beheaded culture -- John Lloyd Stephens buys a jungle city -- Intermezzo -- The mystery of the abandoned Mayan cities -- Edward Herbert Thompson: Chichén-Itzá and the sacred well -- Aztecs, Mayas, and Toltecs: Whence did they come? -- V. Books that cannot yet be written -- New searches in Old Empires -- Chronological tables -- Bibliography -- Index.

An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries.

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