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Armchair Archaeology,
By Judy Thomas (Louisville, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Great Adventures in Archaeology (Paperback)
Most of us will never go on an actual archaeological dig, especially an important one. This book is the next-best thing to "being there" at the great discoveries, excavations, and unravelings of the secrets of the past. The book includes Troy, Nineveh, Babylon, Ur of the Chaldees (city of Abraham), Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, and the tomb of King Tut. Silverberg gives a biography of each discoverer (such as Flinders Petrie, Howard Carter, and Heinrich Schliemann), puts the find in context of the events at the time, and relates its contribution to the development of archaeology. The highlight is actual excerpts from the journals/writings of these men themselves -- how they discovered their finds, what they thought, and how they felt. This is a fascinating and easy-to-read book -- a must-have for we armchair historians.
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Great Adventures in Archaeology by Robert Silverberg (Paperback - July 28, 1997)
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