Gods, Graves and Scholars The Story of Archaeology
by Ceram, C. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Later Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's name inside front board. ; A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 + index pages; "C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete." (jacket blurb) .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21233
- Title
- Gods, Graves and Scholars The Story of Archaeology
- Author
- Ceram, C. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Howard Carter, Chichen Itza, babylon, troy, Lord Carnarvon, tutankhamen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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