Gods, graves, and scholars
Subtitle: the story of archaeology
By: by C.W. Ceram ; translated from the German by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins.
Edition: 2nd, rev. and substantially enl. ed., 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
Subjects: Archaeology -- History.
Description: An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries, including Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete, the empires of Egypt, the kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria, and the empires of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the Toltecs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 489-497.
Translation of: Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1967.
Cover title: Gods, graves & scholars.
Includes index.