By C. W. Ceram; Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston
author
1915-1972.
The march of archaeology
New York :
Knopf,
1958
xviii, 326, vi p.: illus, plates; 28 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-326) and index.
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.