| Description |
393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 363-384. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Pioneers -- Layard and Rawlinson: reconnaissance and the translation of the cuneiform -- Nineveh revealed -- The riddle of Greece: Schliemann at Troy and Mycenae -- Egypt and the pharaohs: Mariette and Petrie in the Nile Valley -- The promised land: Palestine under Egypt and Israel -- Lands of the twin rivers -- Egypt and the Israelites -- Mycenae, Troy and Knossos: Evans in Crete -- The Gates of Ishtar: Babylon and its neighbors -- Gods, kings and legends: Woolley at Ur and Carter in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Middle East -- History.
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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| ISBN |
0816015783: $24.95 |
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