Author

Publication

1954 - Readers Union, London, United Kingdom

Language

English

Translation of: Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCCC100 .M33

Description

An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries, including Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete, the empires of Egypt, the kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria, and the empires of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the Toltecs.

First Sentence

In the year 1738 Maria Amalia Christine, daughter of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, married Charles of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, and moved to Naples.

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  • Gods, graves and scholars: the story of archaeologyReaders Union1954-01-01
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