Amazing Archaeologists And Their Finds
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Author | : Paul G. Bahn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : 9780760700709 |
Brief presentations of one hundred famous archeological sites and discoveries, including the first humans and early civilizations.
Author | : William Scheller |
Publisher | : The Oliver Press, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1994-05-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781881508175 |
Each chapter discusses a major archaeological find, such as King Tut's tomb, the walls of Troy, and the city of Jericho, and profiles the key individuals involved
Author | : Brian M. Fagan |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 641 |
Release | : 2014-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0500772371 |
The story of how lost civilizations, buried cities, and ancient scripts were rediscovered for the modern age, as seen through the lives and exploits of the great archaeologists who made these phenomenal finds The Great Archaeologists takes the reader on a journey from the first attempt to establish just how ancient the "ancient past" really was, through the revelatory discovery of lost civilizations and unknown cultures, right up to today’s search for explanations about the past. We meet Thomsen and Worsaae, Danish researchers and rivals, and Sanz de Sautuola and Abbé Breuil, who astonished the world with their discoveries of cave art. Controversial figures such as Heinrich Schliemann and the Hungarian Aurel Stein, plunderer of ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are given new assessments. Little-known pioneers such as Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China are set beside the giants in the field—from Koldewey, Dörpfeld, and Woolley in the Near East, to Louis and Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry. Other indomitable women include Gertrude Bell, Kathleen Kenyon, and the script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world’s greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors in this handsome volume, full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts, and unexpected insights.
Author | : Paul G. Bahn |
Publisher | : Phoenix |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Antiquities |
ISBN | : 9781857999341 |
This text describes 100 of the world's most important archaeological discoveries. Alongside the well-known are placed the equally important but less-familiar, all of which have helped our understanding of the past. However, the book acts as more than a catalogue: it is a celebration of the rich variety of subjects that archaeology encompasses - from fossil hominids to writing systems, from lost cities to shipwrecks, and from pre-history to medieval times.
Author | : Brian M. Fagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
This revised second edition maintains the objective of the first edition; that is to tell the story of some well-known archaeologists & some remarkable excavations as well as to throw light on some of the ways in which the founders of the discipline unearthed early civilizations, probed the origins of humankind, etc.
Author | : Michael A. Cremo |
Publisher | : Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |
Total Pages | : 968 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Over the centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like us have existed for millions of years. Mainstream science, however, has supppressed these facts. Prejudices based on current scientific theory act as a knowledge filter, giving us a picture of prehistory that is largely incorrect.
Author | : Sarah Parcak |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2019-07-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1250198291 |
Winner of Archaeological Institute of America's Felicia A. Holton Book Award • Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Science • An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 • A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 • A Science News Best Book of 2019 • Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019 "A crash course in the amazing new science of space archaeology that only Sarah Parcak can give. This book will awaken the explorer in all of us." ?Chris Anderson, Head of TED National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak gives readers a personal tour of the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures. Parcak has worked in twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify thousands of previously unknown settlements, roads, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and even potential pyramids. From there, her stories take us back in time and across borders, into the day-to-day lives of ancient humans whose traits and genes we share. And she shows us that if we heed the lessons of the past, we can shape a vibrant future. Includes Illustrations
Author | : Kate Duke |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1996-12-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0064451755 |
Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at a crime scene. Every chipped rock, charred seed, or fossilized bone could be a clue to how people lived in the past. In this information-packed Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Kate Duke explains what scientists are looking for, how they find it, and what their finds reveal.
Author | : Brian M. Fagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiquities |
ISBN | : 9780500051498 |
A collection of illustrated photographs and over fifty articles written by leading excavators and scientists around the world who discuss some of the world's most important and significant archaeological discoveries over the past fifteen years.
Author | : Arthur Charles Conant Brodribb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |