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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
Author | : C.W. Ceram |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 568 |
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
Author | : C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 1980-02 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : 9780140051292 |
Author | : C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
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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.
Author | : C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
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Author | : C. W. Ceram |
Publisher | : Signet |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 1972-10-01 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : 9780451611642 |
Author | : K. W. Marek (C. W. Ceram) |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
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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.
Author | : Sean B. Carroll |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2014-10-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0547526148 |
National Book Award Finalist: A biologist’s “thoroughly enjoyable” account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly). Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species’ history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists were about to embark on an amazing new era of understanding. From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Big Picture, this book leads us on a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin’s trip around the world to Charles Walcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Filled with the same sense of adventure that spurred on these extraordinary men and women, Remarkable Creatures is a “stirring introduction to the wonder of evolutionary biology” (Kirkus Reviews). “Charming and enlightening.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As fast-paced as a detective story.” —Nature