Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. A few small white paint speckles on front board. Previous owner's name inside front cover. See images for the condition of this book. First American edition, a Borzoi Book.
The ideal archaelogist/ C.L. Woolley
How to buy antiquities/ C.L. Woolley
How to steal antiquities/ C.M. Lerici
A strange bargain/ C.L. Woolley
Leagalized art robbery
The complete forger/ C.L. Woolley
The Olympia convention
The foundation of the British Museum/ H. Sloane
A troublesome legacy/ H. Walpole
The controversial bequest of Lord Elgin
The treasure of Priam/ H. Schliemann
A stolen treasure/ H. Schliemann
A Mycenaen ruler/ H. Schliemann
Winkelmann in Herculaneum
The plaster corpses of Pompeii/ A. Goldsmidt
The discovery of the 'Venus de Milo'/ C. Tarral
The charioteer of Delphi
The discovery of the Hermes of Praxiteles/ E. Curtius
The rebuilding of the Stoa/ P. Mackendrick
The London Mithraeum/ R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford
Traces of the Ethruscans/ G. Dennis
The bull of Minos/ A.J. Evans
Reconstruction work at Knossos/ A.J. Evans
Ventris deciphers the Cretan script/ W. Taylour
The tourist and the monuments/ A.F. Mariette
Excavations in Egypt/ J.L. Burckhardt
A visit to Thebes/ D.V. Denon
The opening of a pyramid/ G.B. Belzoni
A cache of mummies at Thebes/ G.B. Belzoni
The temple of Abu Simbel/ J.L. Burckhardt
Coffee at Abu Simbel/ A. Edwards
Appeal by Mr V. Veronese
A hoard of royal mummies/ G.C. Maspero
A false interpretation of the hieroglyphs/ A. Kircher
How the Rosette Stone came to the British Museum/ T.H. Turner
Champollion deciphers the hieroglyphs
A fantastic interpretation of the Great Pyramid/ C.P. Smyth
The underwater tomb/ W.F. Petrie
The discovery of the Amarna tablets/ E.A. Budge
Tutankhamen/ H. Carter
The golden coffin/ H. Carter
The buried pyramid/ Z. Goneim
A second solution to the cuneiform script/ H.C. Rawlinson
Was Babylon here?/ C.J. Rich
The walls of Babylon/ R. Koldewey
A curious sculpture/ R. Koldewey
Problems at the excavation of Nineveh/ P.E. Botta
Excavations at Nimrud/ A.H. Layard
Discoveries and alarms/ A.H. Layard
The Gilgamesh Epic is found/ G. Smith
Early technical achievements/ H.V. Hilprecht
The royal graves of Ur/ C.L. Woolley
Digging up pergamon/ C. Humann
The discovery of the Hamah stones/ W. Wright
To boghazköy!/ H. Winckler
Hrozný deciphers the Hittite cuneiform/ L. Matous
Excavations at the Black mountain/ H. Bossert
The royal residence on the 'River of Nymphs'/ F.K. Dörner
The discovery of Ugarit/ C.F. Schaeffer
Solomon's foundries/ N. Glueck
The dead sea scrolls/ J.M. Allegro
The pyramid of Cholula/ A. Von Humboldt
Travels in the Yucatan/ J.M. Waldeck
The purchase of a city/ J.L. Stephens
The palace at Palenque/ J.L. Stephens
The elephant in America?/ G. Elliot Smith
The temple pyramid of Tepoxtlan/ E. Seler
A royal tomb at Palenque/ A. Ruz
Machu Picchu, the sacred city/ H. Bingham
The bridge of San Luis Rey/ V.M. Von Hagen
A problem of Tihuanacu/ A Posnansky
Archaeology from the air/ O.G. Crawford
The blue museum/ J.-Y. Cousteau
Atomic physics in archaeology/ T.G. Bibby
The Lerici periscope/ C.M. Laericic
Photogrammetry
Computer decipherment?
List of Sources
Index
The ideal archaelogist/ C.L. Woolley
How to buy antiquities/ C.L. Woolley
How to steal antiquities/ C.M. Lerici
A strange bargain/ C.L. Woolley
Leagalized art robbery
The complete forger/ C.L. Woolley
The Olympia convention
The foundation of the British Museum/ H. Sloane
A troublesome legacy/ H. Walpole
The controversial bequest of Lord Elgin
The treasure of Priam/ H. Schliemann
A stolen treasure/ H. Schliemann
A Mycenaen ruler/ H. Schliemann
Winkelmann in Herculaneum
The plaster corpses of Pompeii/ A. Goldsmidt
The discovery of the 'Venus de Milo'/ C. Tarral
The charioteer of Delphi
The discovery of the Hermes of Praxiteles/ E. Curtius
The rebuilding of the Stoa/ P. Mackendrick
The London Mithraeum/ R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford
Traces of the Ethruscans/ G. Dennis
The bull of Minos/ A.J. Evans
Reconstruction work at Knossos/ A.J. Evans
Ventris deciphers the Cretan script/ W. Taylour
The tourist and the monuments/ A.F. Mariette
Excavations in Egypt/ J.L. Burckhardt
A visit to Thebes/ D.V. Denon
The opening of a pyramid/ G.B. Belzoni
A cache of mummies at Thebes/ G.B. Belzoni
The temple of Abu Simbel/ J.L. Burckhardt
Coffee at Abu Simbel/ A. Edwards
Appeal by Mr V. Veronese
A hoard of royal mummies/ G.C. Maspero
A false interpretation of the hieroglyphs/ A. Kircher
How the Rosette Stone came to the British Museum/ T.H. Turner
Champollion deciphers the hieroglyphs
A fantastic interpretation of the Great Pyramid/ C.P. Smyth
The underwater tomb/ W.F. Petrie
The discovery of the Amarna tablets/ E.A. Budge
Tutankhamen/ H. Carter
The golden coffin/ H. Carter
The buried pyramid/ Z. Goneim
A second solution to the cuneiform script/ H.C. Rawlinson
Was Babylon here?/ C.J. Rich
The walls of Babylon/ R. Koldewey
A curious sculpture/ R. Koldewey
Problems at the excavation of Nineveh/ P.E. Botta
Excavations at Nimrud/ A.H. Layard
Discoveries and alarms/ A.H. Layard
The Gilgamesh Epic is found/ G. Smith
Early technical achievements/ H.V. Hilprecht
The royal graves of Ur/ C.L. Woolley
Digging up pergamon/ C. Humann
The discovery of the Hamah stones/ W. Wright
To boghazköy!/ H. Winckler
Hrozný deciphers the Hittite cuneiform/ L. Matous
Excavations at the Black mountain/ H. Bossert
The royal residence on the 'River of Nymphs'/ F.K. Dörner
The discovery of Ugarit/ C.F. Schaeffer
Solomon's foundries/ N. Glueck
The dead sea scrolls/ J.M. Allegro
The pyramid of Cholula/ A. Von Humboldt
Travels in the Yucatan/ J.M. Waldeck
The purchase of a city/ J.L. Stephens
The palace at Palenque/ J.L. Stephens
The elephant in America?/ G. Elliot Smith
The temple pyramid of Tepoxtlan/ E. Seler
A royal tomb at Palenque/ A. Ruz
Machu Picchu, the sacred city/ H. Bingham
The bridge of San Luis Rey/ V.M. Von Hagen
A problem of Tihuanacu/ A Posnansky
Archaeology from the air/ O.G. Crawford
The blue museum/ J.-Y. Cousteau
Atomic physics in archaeology/ T.G. Bibby
The Lerici periscope/ C.M. Laericic
Photogrammetry
Computer decipherment?
List of Sources
Index