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- Gods, graves, and scholars; the story of archaeology / by Ceram, C. W.,1915-1972.(CARDINAL)130580;
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.Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-441) and index.- Subjects: Archaeology;
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- Return to Babylon : travelers, archaeologists, and monuments in Mesopotamia / by Fagan, Brian M.author.(DLC)n 79058690 ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-374) and index.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Chronology: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1515 -- I. Lost kingdoms and Biblical lands -- A legacy of civilizations -- Early travelers -- Carsten Niebuhr at Persepolis -- II. Consuls and cuneiform -- Claudius James Rich -- Diplomacy and archaeology in Baghdad -- The Euphrates expedition -- Cuneiform deciphered -- III. Palaces of kings -- Excavations at Khorsabad -- Layard of Nineveh -- Nimrud and Khorsabad -- IV. Tablets and tells -- Excavations in Babylonia -- The royal lion hunt -- The deluge tablets -- Gates and palaces -- A scramble for tablets -- Sumer discovered -- Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon -- Leonard Woolley at Carchemish -- V. Science and nationalism -- Gertrude Bell and the new Iraq -- Woolley at Ur -- Nationalism and archaeology -- Catastrophe -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Index.- Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeologists;
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