Hands on the past ; pioneer archaeologists tell their own story /

Hands on the past ; pioneer archaeologists tell their own story /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ceram, C. W., 1915-1972 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1966.
Edition:[1st American ed.].
Subjects:
Archaeology.
Archéologie > Anthologies.
Table of Contents:
  • The ideal archaelogist / C.L. Woolley
  • How to buy antiquities / C.L. Woolley
  • How to steal antiquities / C.M. Lerici
  • A strange bargain / C.L. Woolley
  • Leagalized art robbery
  • The complete forger / C.L. Woolley
  • The Olympia convention
  • The foundation of the British Museum / H. Sloane
  • A troublesome legacy / H. Walpole
  • The controversial bequest of Lord Elgin
  • The treasure of Priam / H. Schliemann
  • A stolen treasure / H. Schliemann
  • A Mycenaen ruler / H. Schliemann-- Winkelmann in Herculaneum
  • The plaster corpses of Pompeii / A. Goldsmidt
  • The discovery of the 'Venus de Milo' / C. Tarral
  • The charioteer of Delphi
  • The discovery of the Hermes of Praxiteles / E. Curtius
  • The rebuilding of the Stoa / P. Mackendrick
  • The London Mithraeum / R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford
  • Traces of the Ethruscans / G. Dennis
  • The bull of Minos / A.J. Evans
  • Reconstruction work at Knossos / A.J. Evans
  • Ventris deciphers the Cretan script / W. Taylour
  • The tourist and the monuments / A.F. Mariette
  • Excavations in Egypt / J.L. Burckhardt
  • A visit to Thebes / D. V. Denon
  • The opening of a pyramid / G.B. Belzoni
  • A cache of mummies at Thebes / G. B. Belzoni
  • The temple of Abu Simbel / J.L. Burckhardt
  • Coffee at Abu Simbel / A. Edwards
  • Appeal by Mr. V. Veronese
  • A hoard of royal mummies / G.C. Maspero
  • A false interpretation of the hieroglyphs / A. Kircher
  • How the Rosette Stone came to the British Museum / T.H. Turner
  • Champollion deciphers the hieroglyphs
  • A fantastic interpretation of the Great Pyramid / C.P. Smyth
  • The underwater tomb / W.F. Petrie
  • The discovery of the Amarna tablets / E.A. Budge
  • Tutankhamen / H. Carter
  • The golden coffin / H. Carter
  • The buried pyramid / Z. Goneim
  • A second solution to the cuneiform script / H.C. Rawlinson
  • Was Babylon here? / C.J. Rich
  • The walls of Babylon / R. Koldewey
  • A curious sculpture / R. Koldewey
  • Problems at the excavation of Nineveh / P.E. Botta
  • Excavations at Nimrud / A.H. Layard
  • Discoveries and alarms / A.H. Layard
  • The Gilgamesh Epic is found / G. Smith
  • Early technical achievements / H.V. Hilprecht
  • The royal graves of Ur / C.L. Woolley
  • Digging up pergamon / C. Humann
  • The discovery of the Hamah stones / W. Wright
  • To boghazköy! / H. Winckler
  • Hrozný deciphers the Hittite cuneiform / L. Matouš
  • Excavations at the Black mountain / H. Bossert
  • The royal residence on the 'River of Nymphs' / F.K. Dörner
  • The discovery of Ugarit / C.F. Schaeffer
  • Solomon's foundries / N. Glueck
  • The dead sea scrolls / J.M. Allegro
  • The pyramid of Cholula / A. Von Humboldt
  • Travels in the Yucatan / J.M. Waldeck
  • The purchase of a city / J.L. Stephens
  • The palace at Palenque / J.L. Stephens
  • The elephant in America? / G. Elliot Smith
  • The temple pyramid of Tepoxtlan / E. Seler
  • A royal tomb at Palenque / A. Ruz
  • Machu Picchu, the sacred city / H. Bingham
  • The bridge of San Luis Rey / V. M. Von Hagen
  • A problem of Tihuanacu / A Posnansky
  • Archaeology from the air / O.G. Crawford
  • The blue museum / J.-Y. Cousteau
  • Atomic physics in archaeology / T.G. Bibby
  • The Lerici periscope / C.M. Laericic
  • Photogrammetry
  • Computer decipherment?