Splendors of the Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Cynthia Russ Ramsay, Louis de la Haba, Thomas O'Neill, Seymour L. Fishbein, John Carswell

Splendors of the Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient World

Cynthia Russ Ramsay, Louis de la Haba, Thomas O'Neill, Seymour L. Fishbein, John Carswell

295 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction history reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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"... 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...

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