; translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 1969.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 326, vi p.
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:, 16 p. of plates ill., facsims., maps, ports.
GENERAL NOTES
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Translation of Gotter, Grober, und Gelehrte im Bild.
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Also published with the title A picture history of archaeology.
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-326) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The birth of classical archaeology -- Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Schliemann's venture in the dark -- New light on Crete -- The Egyptian Sphinx -- Geometry in stone -- Mummies -- The Valley of the Kings and relics of ordinary life -- Early travelers to Babylon and Persepolis -- The decipherment of cuneiform script -- Layard in Nineveh and Koldewey in Babylon -- Methods and results of the excavation at Ur -- First accounts of the conquest of Mexico -- In the service of a new science -- Conquest of the jungle cities -- New problems in Mexico -- Retrospect and perspective -- Appendix.