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  • Ceram, C. W., 1915-1972.
     
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    The march of archaeology / by C.W. Ceram ; translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston.
    by Ceram, C. W., 1915-1972.
    New York : Knopf, 1958.
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  • Archaeology -- History.
  • Description: 
    xviii, 326, vi pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
    Edition: 
    1st American ed.
    Contents: 
    The birth of classical archaeology -- Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Schliemann's venture in the dark -- New light on Crete -- The Egyptian Sphinx -- Geometry in stone -- Mummies -- The Valley of the Kings and relics of ordinary life -- Early travelers to Babylon and Persepolis -- The decipherment of cuneiform script -- Layard in Nineveh and Koldewey in Babylon -- Methods and results of the excavation at Ur -- First accounts of the conquest of Mexico -- In the service of a new science -- Conquest of the jungle cities -- New problems in Mexico -- Retrospect and perspective -- Appendix.
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    A pictorial history of archaeology. The many illustrations, some rare, some in color, are integrated with the text.
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