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100	1		_aCeram, C. W., _d1915-1972.
240	1	0	_aGötter, Gräber und Gelehrte. _lEnglish.
245	1	0	_aGods, graves, and scholars : _bthe story of archaeology / _cby C.W. Ceram ; translated from the German by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins.
250			_a2d, rev. and substantially enl. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c1967.
300			_axvi, 441, xiv p. : _bill., maps, 32 plates, ports. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aTranslation of Götter, Gräber, und Gelehrte.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 435-441) and index.
505	0		_aI. 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.
520			_aAn account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aArchaeology _xHistory.
700	1		_aGarside, E. B. _q(Edward Ballard), _d1907-.
700	1		_aWilkins, Sophie.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aCeram, C.W., 1915-1972. _sGötter, Gräber, und Gelehrte. English. _tGods, graves, and scholars. _b2d, rev. and substantially enl. ed. _dNew York, Knopf, 1967 _w(OCoLC)600372964.
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