num_pages: 434
description: Foreword/ C.W. CeramThe ideal archaelogist/ C.L. WoolleyHow to buy antiquities/ C.L. WoolleyHow to steal antiquities/ C.M. LericiA strange bargain/ C.L. Woolley Leagalized art robberyThe complete forger/ C.L. WoolleyThe Olympia conventionThe foundation of the British Museum/ H. Sloane A troublesome legacy/ H. WalpoleThe controversial bequest of Lord ElginThe treasure of Priam/ H. Schliemann A stolen treasure/ H. Schliemann A Mycenaen ruler/ H. SchliemannWinkelmann in HerculaneumThe plaster corpses of Pompeii/ A. Goldsmidt The discovery of the 'Venus de Milo'/ C. TarralThe charioteer of DelphiThe discovery of the Hermes of Praxiteles/ E. CurtiusThe rebuilding of the Stoa/ P. Mackendrick The London Mithraeum/ R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford Traces of the Ethruscans/ G. Dennis The bull of Minos/ A.J. Evans Reconstruction work at Knossos/ A.J. EvansVentris deciphers the Cretan script/ W. TaylourThe tourist and the monuments/ A.F. Mariette Excavations in Egypt/ J.L. Burckhardt A visit to Thebes/ D.V. Denon The opening of a pyramid/ G.B. BelzoniA cache of mummies at Thebes/ G.B. BelzoniThe temple of Abu Simbel/ J.L. Burckhardt Coffee at Abu Simbel/ A. Edwards Appeal by Mr V. VeroneseA hoard of royal mummies/ G.C. MasperoA false interpretation of the hieroglyphs/ A. KircherHow the Rosette Stone came to the British Museum/ T.H. TurnerChampollion deciphers the hieroglyphsA fantastic interpretation of the Great Pyramid/ C.P. Smyth The underwater tomb/ W.F. Petrie The discovery of the Amarna tablets/ E.A. BudgeTutankhamen/ H. Carter The golden coffin/ H. CarterThe buried pyramid/ Z. GoneimA second solution to the cuneiform script/ H.C. RawlinsonWas Babylon here?/ C.J. Rich The walls of Babylon/ R. KoldeweyA curious sculpture/ R. Koldewey Problems at the excavation of Nineveh/ P.E. BottaExcavations at Nimrud/ A.H. Layard Discoveries and alarms/ A.H. LayardThe Gilgamesh Epic is found/ G. SmithEarly technical achievements/ H.V. Hilprecht The royal graves of Ur/ C.L. Woolley Digging up pergamon/ C. Humann The discovery of the Hamah stones/ W. WrightTo boghazköy!/ H. Winckler Hrozný deciphers the Hittite cuneiform/ L. MatousExcavations at the Black mountain/ H. Bossert The royal residence on the 'River of Nymphs'/ F.K. DörnerThe discovery of Ugarit/ C.F. Schaeffer Solomon's foundries/ N. Glueck The dead sea scrolls/ J.M. Allegro The pyramid of Cholula/ A. Von HumboldtTravels in the Yucatan/ J.M. Waldeck The purchase of a city/ J.L. Stephens The palace at Palenque/ J.L. Stephens The elephant in America?/ G. Elliot SmithThe temple pyramid of Tepoxtlan/ E. SelerA royal tomb at Palenque/ A. Ruz Machu Picchu, the sacred city/ H. BinghamThe bridge of San Luis Rey/ V.M. Von HagenA problem of Tihuanacu/ A Posnansky Archaeology from the air/ O.G. CrawfordThe blue museum/ J.-Y. Cousteau Atomic physics in archaeology/ T.G. BibbyThe Lerici periscope/ C.M. Laericic PhotogrammetryComputer decipherment?List of SourcesIndex
language: English
title: Hands on the Past: Pioneer Archaeologists Tell Their Own Story
titlecomplete: Hands on the Past: Pioneer Archaeologists Tell Their Own Story
genres: Archaeology, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (NY)