Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of ArchaeologyKnopf, 1952 - 426 oldal An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries. |
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... mound more closely . But he was fascinated by the specta- cle , he caressed the very thought of it as a miser strokes his cash- box . Again and again he returned to it in his description of his journey , always trying to find new words ...
... mound more closely . But he was fascinated by the specta- cle , he caressed the very thought of it as a miser strokes his cash- box . Again and again he returned to it in his description of his journey , always trying to find new words ...
248. oldal
... mound of Nimrud . In- deed , by the time he lay down to sleep that night , he had hired six Arab laborers from the sheik . On the morrow , Awad prom- ised , they would help him find what was in " the belly of the mountain ” —and for ...
... mound of Nimrud . In- deed , by the time he lay down to sleep that night , he had hired six Arab laborers from the sheik . On the morrow , Awad prom- ised , they would help him find what was in " the belly of the mountain ” —and for ...
264. oldal
... mounds that invited new ex- cavations , Layard chose as the object of his next attack the mound of Kuyunjik , the same hill where Botta had dug to no avail for a whole year . Layard's decision was not so contrary as it first ap- pears ...
... mounds that invited new ex- cavations , Layard chose as the object of his next attack the mound of Kuyunjik , the same hill where Botta had dug to no avail for a whole year . Layard's decision was not so contrary as it first ap- pears ...
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From Her Garden to Pompeii | 3 |
The Birth of a Science | 11 |
Why Search for the Past? | 18 |
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