Gods, Graves, and Scholars
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. hardcover. 8vo 428pp + index, with 49 photographs and 72 drawings. from front flap: "Ninevah, Babylon, Troy, Crete, the Valley of Kings, Karnak, Assurbanipal's Palace, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Rosetta Stone, Ur, Chichen-Itza, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan--here are the glamorous names of archaeology. No science has been more romantically adventurous, but until now this stirring story has been hopelessly buried in technical and scientific treatises. Ceram spreads it before the layman in all its excitement and color; in addition, he pictures the scientific achievements of the archaeologists fully and reliably. He shows how they uncovered the fabled civilizations of the ancient world, and how, step by step, they pushed back the horizons of mankind by five thousand years." Book VG: stain/bleed spot on front board, toning/offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. / DJ G: chipping, edge and corner wear, age toning, clipped. Item #2071
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