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The Great Archaeologists (Paperback)
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The Great Archaeologists (Paperback)
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Loot Price R318
Discovery Miles 3 180
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A gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research,
excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the
world's greatest pioneers and practitioners. Brian Fagan has
assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living
archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about
their distinguished predecessors. Full of fascinating anecdotes,
personal accounts and unexpected insights, this comprehensively
illustrated book encompasses more than two centuries of research
and excavation round the globe. Controversial figures such as
Heinrich Schliemann of Troy fame, and Aurel Stein, plunderer of
ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are reassessed. Little-known
pioneers - for example, Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China - are
set beside the giants in the field: Lepsius, Mariette and Carter in
Egypt; Koldewey, Doerpfeld and Woolley in the Near East; Stephens
and Catherwood, discoverers of the Maya of Mexico; and Louis and
Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry.
Other indomitable women here include Gertrude Bell, explorer of
Arabia and Iraq, Kathleen Kenyon, the excavator of Jericho, and the
script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff.
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