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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.

Ceram, C. W., 1915-1972 (Author). Garside, E. B. (Edward Ballard), 1907- (Added Author). Wilkins, Sophie. (Added Author).

Summary:

An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xvi, 441, xiv pages : illustrations, maps, 32 plates, portraits ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 2d, rev. and substantially enl. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of Götter, Gräber, und Gelehrte.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-441) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
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Also issued online.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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