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- catalog abstract ""... 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 taken decades of exhausting, meticulous digging and sifting through the humble remains of houses, drains, and garbage pits ... Silent artifacts and ruined buildings can tell us an amazing amount. Fortified city gates and walls unearthed in the Holy Land enrich our knowledge of the days of King Solomon. Far up the Nile in the Sudan, clusters of pyramids and baffling stone structures hint at the grandeur of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Kush ... In its special, large format, enhanced by more than 250 color photographs and 17 specially commissioned paintings, 'Splendors of the Past' brings to life the fascinating world of our ancestors"--Front flap of cover.".
- catalog contributor b1164814.
- catalog created "c1981.".
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog date "c1981.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1981.".
- catalog description ""... 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 taken decades of exhausting, meticulous digging and sifting through the humble remains of houses, drains, and garbage pits ... Silent artifacts and ruined buildings can tell us an amazing amount. Fortified city gates and walls unearthed in the Holy Land enrich our knowledge of the days of King Solomon. Far up the Nile in the Sudan, clusters of pyramids and baffling stone structures hint at the grandeur of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Kush ... In its special, large format, enhanced by more than 250 color photographs and 17 specially commissioned paintings, 'Splendors of the Past' brings to life the fascinating world of our ancestors"--Front flap of cover.".
- catalog description ""Additional reading": p. 295.".
- catalog description "Foreword -- An introduction : cities lost and found / by John Carswell -- The Sumerians of Mesopotamia ; The royal cities of Solomon / by Seymour L. Fishbein -- Pompeii : city sealed in time / by Thomas O'Neill ; photographed by David Hiser -- The mysterious kingdom of Kush / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by Michael S. Yamashita -- Angkor and the ancient Khmer / by Louis de la Haba -- The Hittites of Asia Minor / by Louis de la Haba ; photographed by Mehmet Biber -- Land of the Sinhalese Kings / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by David Hiser.".
- catalog extent "295 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Splendors of the past.".
- catalog identifier "0870443585".
- catalog isFormatOf "Splendors of the past.".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog issued "c1981.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : The Society,".
- catalog relation "Splendors of the past.".
- catalog subject "CB311 .S735 1981".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Extinct cities.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword -- An introduction : cities lost and found / by John Carswell -- The Sumerians of Mesopotamia ; The royal cities of Solomon / by Seymour L. Fishbein -- Pompeii : city sealed in time / by Thomas O'Neill ; photographed by David Hiser -- The mysterious kingdom of Kush / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by Michael S. Yamashita -- Angkor and the ancient Khmer / by Louis de la Haba -- The Hittites of Asia Minor / by Louis de la Haba ; photographed by Mehmet Biber -- Land of the Sinhalese Kings / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by David Hiser.".
- catalog title "Splendors of the past : lost cities of the ancient world / prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society.".
- catalog type "text".