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The Great Archaeologists (Paperback)
By Brian Fagan
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Description
Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors. Full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts and unexpected insights, this comprehensively illustrated book encompasses more than two centuries of research and excavation round the globe.
Controversial figures such as Heinrich Schliemann of Troy fame, and Aurel Stein, plunderer of ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are reassessed. Little-known pioneers - for example, Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China - are set beside the giants in the field: Lepsius, Mariette and Carter in Egypt; Koldewey, Dörpfeld and Woolley in the Near East; Stephens and Catherwood, discoverers of the Maya of Mexico; and Louis and Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry. Other indomitable women here include Gertrude Bell, explorer of Arabia and Iraq, Kathleen Kenyon, the excavator of Jericho, and the script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2022-09-08
Publication Date:
2022-07-30
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0500296758
ISBN13:
9780500296752
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
300 g
Height:
200 cm
Width:
130 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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