C.W. Ceram. Stated first American edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. The unclipped dust jacket is in Good condition, with chipping on the spine and a partially torn front flap (see photos). The hardcover is in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in this edition, 426 pp. Translated from German by E.B. Garside. With 49 photographs and 72 drawings.
This brilliant account of the adventures and explorations of the great archacologists brings to life the mysterious past of mankind in a resplendent narrative. Nineveh, Babylon, Troy, Crete, the Valley of Kings, Karnak, Assurbanipal's Palace, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Rosetta Stone, Ur, Chichén-Itza, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan-here are the glamorous names of archeology.
The author "spreads it before the layman in all its excitement and color; in addition, he pictures the scientific achievements of the archzologists fully and reliably. He shows how they uncovered the fabled civilizations of the ancient world, and how, step by step, they pushed back the horizons of mankind by five thousand years."
