History Was Buried: A Source Book of Archaeology

Galahad Books, New York, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 4to Quarto. 429 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears and is now protected by a plastic wrapper.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Tales of archaeological discovery -- the finding of the hidden -- can be extremely absorbing. These discoveries are even more intriguing when related, first hand, by the discoverer himself. In this source book of archaeology, Lady Margaret Wheeler has assembled some of the foremost archaeologists of all time. These men tell -- sometimes in breathless prose -- of buried cities, of royal tombs, pf a fabulous treasure ship dug from the soil of East Anglia, of the complete body of a man preserved in a peat bog for over 2,000 years. The writers describe the finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the discovery of the caves of Lascaux with their walls decorated with pre-historic, colored drawings, how a ship laden with works of art was excavated from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea where she foundered during the century before the Christian era. Here, too, is the story of a body of a frozen boy looking as if he were merely asleep, though he died in the 15th century... Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Archaeology; History. ISBN: 0883652854. ISBN/EAN: 9780883652855. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6151. . 9780883652855 This book weighs over one kilogram, and may involve extra shipping charges if posted to some countries..