Accidents of an Antiquary''s Life

Klappentext Archaeologist D. G. Hogarth's 1910 account of his travels and excavations in Turkey and Egypt, and of the 1897 Cretan revolt. Zusammenfassung The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (1862–1927) became the keeper of Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. This 1910 account of his travels and excavations in Turkey, Egypt, and Crete, intended for a popular audience, remains a highly readable account of the practicalities behind his intellectual career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introductory - apology of an apprentice; 1. An interlude; 2. Lycia; 3. Crete; 4. Nile fens; 5. The Satalian Gulf; 6. Cyrene; 7. Digging; 8. The Sajur; Hittite Problems and the Excavation of Carchemish (1911).

Product details

• Authors: David George Hogarth, Hogarth David George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108041928
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04192-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology by period / region, Classic Travel Writing