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Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology

C.W. Ceram

Paperback | Pages: 536 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 1812 Users | 142 Reviews

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Original Title:	Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte: Roman der Archäologie
ISBN:	0394743199 (ISBN13: 9780394743196)
Edition Language:	English

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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. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it.


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Title	:	Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Author	:	C.W. Ceram
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Second Revised Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 536 pages
Published	:	July 12th 1986 by Vintage (first published 1949)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Archaeology. Science. Anthropology

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This book details some of the more interesting stories of archeology (usually involving a single explorer). The edition I read was pretty dated (1952) and it would be more interesting with more maps and more current information.

Ceram does a wonder ful job bringing to life the early adventurers (not scientists) that kicked off archaeology as a science in the Old and New Worlds, and bringing to life the ancient societies of meso-america.

Reviewed for the Bibliophibian.This book is seriously outdated, but thats almost irrelevant since what I really wanted was a book with a general, accessible history of archaeology to just sink into. Ceram provides: he covers various great civilisations (Greeks, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, South Americans) and discusses some of the early work done in digging up and restoring their monuments. Hes often admiring of the adventurers who found them, while noting that at times they did more harm than

utilized this edition for a class i took at asu. absolutely loved it. it helps though that i am interested in egyptian art and history, but it was a delightfully light read. i would recommend it to anyone that wanted to learn about egyptians history and art and not fall asleep in the process.

Lots of great anecdotes (especially anything about Petrie and Schliemann). My favorite adage, and one that comforted me during the worst thunderstorm I've ever flown through coming into Missoula one summer, is "An easy death in early youth is the sweetest boon available to mankind." Quite.

Reviewed for the Bibliophibian.This book is seriously outdated, but thats almost irrelevant since what I really wanted was a book with a general, accessible history of archaeology to just sink into. Ceram provides: he covers various great civilisations (Greeks, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, South Americans) and discusses some of the early work done in digging up and restoring their monuments. Hes often admiring of the adventurers who found them, while noting that at times they did more harm than

Inspired me to want to be an archaeologist. Too bad my career in the field was short-lived after taking my first year archaeology course. Oh well, at least I have fond memories of the book.