life of the Ancient East
Subtitle: being some chapters of the romance of modern excavation.
Publisher: Black
Published: 1923
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Archaeology; Babylonia -- History and antiquities; Egypt -- Antiquities; Middle East -- Antiquities
Table of contents: title: Introductory.  The work and methods Abydos, the Holy City of Egypt, and the dawn of civilization.  Tell El-Amarna; false dawn.  Thebes, the city of temples and tombs - east bank.  Thebes, the city of temples and tombs - west bank.  Tutankhamen in all his glory.  Lagash, the typical city-state of early Babylon, the fountain of law.  Nineveh, and its robber-kings.  Troy, the city of romance.  Mycenae, and the fortress-palaces of Greece.  Knossos, the home of the sea-kings of the Aegean.  Gezer, a home of many races.  Bibliography.