Gods, Graves and Scholars
Title | Gods, Graves and Scholars PDF eBook |
Author | C.W. Ceram |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 568 |
Release | 1986-07-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0394743199 |
C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs
Gods, Graves & Scholars
Title | Gods, Graves & Scholars PDF eBook |
Author | C.W. Ceram |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 536 |
Release | 2012-01-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0307814270 |
C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it. Illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs
Gods, Graves, and Scholars
Title | Gods, Graves, and Scholars PDF eBook |
Author | C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 528 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Archaeology |
ISBN |
The Secret of the Hittites
Title | The Secret of the Hittites PDF eBook |
Author | C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | Phoenix |
Total Pages | 281 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781842122952 |
The author of the acclaimed Gods, Graves, and Scholars tells the dramatic tale of the Hittites, an Indo-European people who became a dominant power in the Middle East. Their struggle in Egypt with Ramses II for control of Syria led to one of the greatest battles of the ancient world. The fall of the Hittite empire was sudden, and historical records were scarce--until the discovery of cuneiform tablets yielded a rich store of information on which this work is based. "...a saga richly charged with dramatic twists and with enthralling accounts of scholarly detective work."--The Atlantic.
Gods, Graves and Scholars
Title | Gods, Graves and Scholars PDF eBook |
Author | C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 473 |
Release | 1980-02 |
Genre | Archaeology |
ISBN | 9780140051292 |
The First American
Title | The First American PDF eBook |
Author | C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | Signet |
Total Pages | 415 |
Release | 1972-10-01 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN | 9780451611642 |
Time Detectives
Title | Time Detectives PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Fagan |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 1996-03-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0684818280 |
Reports on some notable archaeological finds of recent years. The author describes how today's archaeologists use science and technology to recapture the past, for instance, by studying ancient diets from bone collagen and reconstructing lost landscapes from fossilized seeds and grains.