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Discovery of Lost Worlds

Joseph Jacobs Thorndike

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Description:The magnificent golden death mask Heinrich Schliemann had uncovered in the Royal Grave Circle at Mycenae was not, it turned out, Agamemnon's. But if his find was less romantic than he imagined. it was no less important. The wearer of the mask had actually been buried three centuries before Homer's hero. The superb piece Schliemann held in his hand was a priceless treasure. But more than that, it was a demonstration of craftmanship of ancient artisans, a clue to the customs of the Mycenaeans, a key to the history of a civilization about which very little was known. It was, along with other artifacts found in the same dig, the fulfillment of an archaeologist's dream-and a giant stride forward in the painstaking process of piercing together the truth about early cultures. This works takes you on an odyssey of revelation with archaeologists who, during the past three centuries, have been working tirelessly to unlock the doors to the past. With nine distinguished authors as your guides, you will watch as Pompeii is excavated, rolling back the centuries to A.D. 79 when an angry Vesuvius brought time to an abrupt halt in that Roman city, interrupting half-eaten meals and "freezing" the fleeing inhabitants in their tracks; enter the tombs of the Celts and find a surprisingly sophisticated aesthetic sense in the mysterious naked warriors who terrified seasoned Roman troupe; study strange spearheads, found by a curious cowboy in New Mexico, that proved the Indians were hunting in New Mexico 11,500 years ago, about 6000 years earlier than had been thought; uncover 16000 clay tablets inscribed with the official records of Ebla, the capital of a vast, previously unknown Canaanite empire, and learn why the translator believes that Ebla's greatest king was the Eber identified in Genesis as the great-great grandson of Noah... The twelve chapters of this book discuss the archaeologists' most illuminating finds in detail, show how they study and interpret the evidence, and recount the forgotten history they have re-created to tell us the truth about our ancient ancestors. Each chapter is followed by a shorter feature on one episode in the search for man's past. In a 16-page anthology, the archaeologists share the intense excitement of their experiences in first-person accounts. You will claim shaky ladders on the side of a cliff of Iraq with Henry Creswicke Rawlinson to copy a cuneiform inscription-and barely escape disaster when a ladder breaks. You will view scores of bodies in a mass, voluntary suicide at the death pits of Ur with Leonard Woolley. You will peer with Howard Carter into the tomb of Tutankhamen for his first glimpse of "strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold." Writers who have traveled in ancient lands describe their adventures in a second anthology. This book is a work of solid scholarship, carefully researched and stylishly written. The text is brilliantly illustrated with more than 250 superbly reproduced photographs, prints, maps, paintings, and drawings-about on e-fifth of which are in full color.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discovery of Lost Worlds. To get started finding Discovery of Lost Worlds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 372

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 1979

ISBN: lkoWAQAAIAAJ

Description: The magnificent golden death mask Heinrich Schliemann had uncovered in the Royal Grave Circle at Mycenae was not, it turned out, Agamemnon's. But if his find was less romantic than he imagined. it was no less important. The wearer of the mask had actually been buried three centuries before Homer's hero. The superb piece Schliemann held in his hand was a priceless treasure. But more than that, it was a demonstration of craftmanship of ancient artisans, a clue to the customs of the Mycenaeans, a key to the history of a civilization about which very little was known. It was, along with other artifacts found in the same dig, the fulfillment of an archaeologist's dream-and a giant stride forward in the painstaking process of piercing together the truth about early cultures. This works takes you on an odyssey of revelation with archaeologists who, during the past three centuries, have been working tirelessly to unlock the doors to the past. With nine distinguished authors as your guides, you will watch as Pompeii is excavated, rolling back the centuries to A.D. 79 when an angry Vesuvius brought time to an abrupt halt in that Roman city, interrupting half-eaten meals and "freezing" the fleeing inhabitants in their tracks; enter the tombs of the Celts and find a surprisingly sophisticated aesthetic sense in the mysterious naked warriors who terrified seasoned Roman troupe; study strange spearheads, found by a curious cowboy in New Mexico, that proved the Indians were hunting in New Mexico 11,500 years ago, about 6000 years earlier than had been thought; uncover 16000 clay tablets inscribed with the official records of Ebla, the capital of a vast, previously unknown Canaanite empire, and learn why the translator believes that Ebla's greatest king was the Eber identified in Genesis as the great-great grandson of Noah... The twelve chapters of this book discuss the archaeologists' most illuminating finds in detail, show how they study and interpret the evidence, and recount the forgotten history they have re-created to tell us the truth about our ancient ancestors. Each chapter is followed by a shorter feature on one episode in the search for man's past. In a 16-page anthology, the archaeologists share the intense excitement of their experiences in first-person accounts. You will claim shaky ladders on the side of a cliff of Iraq with Henry Creswicke Rawlinson to copy a cuneiform inscription-and barely escape disaster when a ladder breaks. You will view scores of bodies in a mass, voluntary suicide at the death pits of Ur with Leonard Woolley. You will peer with Howard Carter into the tomb of Tutankhamen for his first glimpse of "strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold." Writers who have traveled in ancient lands describe their adventures in a second anthology. This book is a work of solid scholarship, carefully researched and stylishly written. The text is brilliantly illustrated with more than 250 superbly reproduced photographs, prints, maps, paintings, and drawings-about on e-fifth of which are in full color.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discovery of Lost Worlds. To get started finding Discovery of Lost Worlds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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