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Gods, Graves & Scholars, by C. W. Ceram. The big men and big moments of archeology; proof that digging can be dramatic (TIME...
...chosen fields. Harvard President James Conant's Science and Common Sense was a book that could dispel a lot of fuzziness if it got the reading it deserved. Andre Malraux's The Twilight of the Absolute was loaded with fresh, if intricate, thinking about art. C. W. Ceram's Gods, Graves & Scholars ranged readably over the history of archeology...
Gods, Graves & Scholars, by C. W. Ceram. The big men and big moments of modern archeology; proof that digging can be dramatic (TIME...
Gods, Graves & Scholars, by C. W. Ceram. The big men and big moments of modern archeology; proof that digging can be dramatic (TIME...
Dream & Fulfillment. The most resounding personality in Ceram's book is that of Heinrich Schliemann. His career began when he was only seven, with a prophecy: "When I am big," he told his father, "I shall go to Greece and find Troy and the King's treasure." Herr Schliemann laughed, but Heinrich never forgot his resolve. He did, however, take time to learn English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Latin, Greek and Arabic, and to become a millionaire in the dyestuffs business...