Lost Worlds: The Romance of ArchaeologyA book on the discovery of ancient civilizations including the discovery of the city of Troy, Evans' excavation of the Palace of Minos, and the discovery of King Tut's magnificent tomb. |
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Achaeans Agamemnon Amenhotep III ancient archaeologists Assyrian Babylon Babylonians beautiful began Botta brick building built bull buried Carnarvon Carnegie Institution Carter centuries chamber Chichen Itza civilization Cnossos coffin Courtesy of Carnegie Crete dead digging dream earth Egypt Egyptians Evans everything excavation excitement explorers eyes feet gold golden graves Greek hieroglyphics Hissarlik Homer hundred Indians inscriptions Institution of Washington jade jewels jungle king knew Kukulcan Layard lived looked Lord Carnarvon magic Maya Mayapan Metropolitan Museum Minoans monuments Mosul mound mummy Museum of Art Mycenae mystery Nineveh once paintings palace of Minos Petrie Pharaohs Priam Priam's Priam's treasure priests puzzle pyramid robbers Rosetta Stone ruins Sacred Sarzec Schliemann scholars sculpture secret seemed Sennacherib Serpent shrine side stone stood story Sumerian temple Theseus things Thompson thought thousand throne Tiryns tomb treasure Troy Tut-ankh-Amen Uaxactun vase walls wonder workmen Yucatan