Splendors of the Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient WorldThe Society, 1981 - 295 pagine " ... The 19th century marked the real beginning of modern archaeology. Even so, those in the vanguard were more often romantic adventurers or heedless plunderers than trained scientists. Properly interpreting an unfolding series of discoveries has taken decades of exhausting, meticulous digging and sifting through the humble remains of houses, drains, and garbage pits ... Silent artifacts and ruined buildings can tell us an amazing amount. Fortified city gates and walls unearthed in the Holy Land enrich our knowledge of the days of King Solomon. Far up the Nile in the Sudan, clusters of pyramids and baffling stone structures hint at the grandeur of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Kush ... In its special, large format, enhanced by more than 250 color photographs and 17 specially commissioned paintings, 'Splendors of the Past' brings to life the fascinating world of our ancestors"--Front flap of cover. |
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Alacahöyük Amphitheater Amun Anatolia ancient Angkor Angkor Thom Angkor Wat Anuradhapura Apedemak Arab archaeologists architecture Asst atrium Boğazkale BOSWELL brick Buddha Buddhist buildings built capital carved century B.C. Chinese civilization clay Dagoba deities desert Director Egypt Egyptian elephants empire excavated flowers Forum garden gate Gezer gods gold Greek Hattusa Hazor hieroglyphs Hittite INCHES India irrigation Israel Jayavarman VII Jericho Jerusalem Khanum Khmer king kingdom Kush Kushite land lived lost city Megiddo Meroë Meroitic miles monks monuments mound Museum Napata National Geographic nearby Nile Nippur PAINTING BY LLOYD palace Parakrama PHOTOGRAPH pillars Polonnaruwa Pompeian Pompeii pottery Professor Groslier pyramids queen remains reservoirs Roman royal ruins sacred scholars scribes sculpture shrine Shulgi silver Sinhalese Solomon Sri Lanka stand stone structure Sudan Sumer Sumerian tablets temple tower town trade tree VICTOR Viking village walls Woolley Yadin Yazılıkaya ziggurat