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Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology

C.W. Ceram

Paperback | Pages: 536 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 1812 Users | 142 Reviews

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Title	:	Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Author	:	C.W. Ceram
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Second Revised Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 536 pages
Published	:	July 12th 1986 by Vintage (first published 1949)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Archaeology. Science. Anthropology

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C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and the legendary Labyrinth of tile Minotaur in Crete. Here is much of the history of civilization and the stories of the men who rediscovered it.


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Original Title:	Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte: Roman der Archäologie
ISBN:	0394743199 (ISBN13: 9780394743196)
Edition Language:	English

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The book claims to give an account of the history of archaeology. In fact, it is more a collection of anecdotes about a handful of archaeologists, mostly from France, Germany, and the UK. Ceram tends to accept the firsthand accounts of these European archaeologists without any critique, and systematically ignores the experiences of the people who actually live in the regions being excavated. I'm not qualified to give an opinion on the archaeological validity of the text, but here is a critical

Published in 1949, this is an excellent examination of the early years of archaeological investigation and those men, for the most part amateurs, who initiated these quests. It's interesting to see the European (the US included) cultural biases at work in those days, as the ancient Greek and Roman cultures got the initial attention, followed by the Egyptians, Near East and eventually Central America. Nothing here about the Far East or Africa proper for example (they were all savages after all!).

An excellent and informative book. Ceram's unquenchable passion and unflagging enthusiasm for his field are quite contagious. Presumably all archaeologists chose their field because they care deeply about it; however, this excitement does not always translate in their dry and often lifeless writing. Furthermore, Ceram is no snobby academic--he is most delighted by significant contributions from non-traditional and amateur archaeologists. Not that these amateurs are poorly educated--he reiterates

An absolutely fantastic book! This book would get people as excited about archaeology as the Indiana Jones movies! Too bad "real" (i.e. modern) archaeology is more like sifting through a sandbox with a toothbrush than like Ceram's excited amateurs discovering lost empires and fantastic Lovecraftian worlds...

Different cover, same terrific book! I just loved this fascinating history of archaeology from Schliemen's finds in Egypt to those of others in Mexico, Peru and more. I was always awed and dumbfounded by the Aztec practice of throwing virgins into the watery depths and cutting out hearts and such other ghastly stuff!! Really cool and horrible and neat all in one!! Great book!! I read it several times just BECAUSE!what a fabulous fabulous book!! I read this for my archeology class at Northfield

Ceram does a wonder ful job bringing to life the early adventurers (not scientists) that kicked off archaeology as a science in the Old and New Worlds, and bringing to life the ancient societies of meso-america.

Reviewed for the Bibliophibian.This book is seriously outdated, but thats almost irrelevant since what I really wanted was a book with a general, accessible history of archaeology to just sink into. Ceram provides: he covers various great civilisations (Greeks, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, South Americans) and discusses some of the early work done in digging up and restoring their monuments. Hes often admiring of the adventurers who found them, while noting that at times they did more harm than