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Author : Robert Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gold of Troy written by Robert Payne and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 : 9781784534875
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)
Download or read book Priam's Gold written by Caroline Moorehead and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troy: one of the most captivating and mysterious stories of antiquity... But was Troy an actual place or just a legend of Homer's epic? It took the most unlikely of people, Heinrich Schliemann--a grocer's-apprentice turned self-made archaeologist, courageous and driven--to solve one of the greatest puzzles in history. His extraordinary discovery of the ruins of fabled Troy and the magnificent treasure of King Priam anointed Schliemann as the 'father of pre-history', but was also beset by controversy that persists to this day. The fate of the treasure itself is no less troubled. In 1945 it was spirited out of Berlin by the Red Army, to be hidden for 50 years in the vaults of the Pushkin Museum until the breakup of the Soviet Union. In this fast-paced account, Caroline Moorehead describes one of the most remarkable adventures of the 20th century, tracing Schliemann's footsteps to Troy and the convoluted journey across Europe taken by the treasure itself. This edition features a new Preface by [Moorehead].
Author : David A. Traill
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312156473
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book Schliemann of Troy written by David A. Traill and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1997-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the personal and professional life of the archeologist and exposes an unscrupulous individual who distorted facts and made false claims about some of his discoveries
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lost and Found written by Caroline Moorehead and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1996 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the enduring stories of the last century is the astounding 1873 discovery by the first modern archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, of the lost gold of Priam, king of ancient Troy. With the biographical skill that drew such praise for her book Bertrand Russell, Caroline Moorehead explores Schliemann's extraordinary life and how he contrived to smuggle the nine thousand gold chains, elaborate silver pictures, gold coins, and other amazing artifacts from his dig in Asia Minor to his government in Berlin." "Schliemann's treasures of Troy, lost when pillaged by the Nazis during World War II, received front-page coverage in 1993 when they were revealed to be residing in Moscow, having been looted in 1945 by the Russians. Here is the account, thrilling to historians, Russia-watchers, and anyone intrigued by an investigation, of how Moorehead found her way past bureaucratic defenses to learn the whereabouts of and the truth about this legendary collection."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Susan Heuck Allen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520342364
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)
Download or read book Finding the Walls of Troy written by Susan Heuck Allen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relentlessly self-promoting amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for discovering Homer's Troy over one hundred years ago, and since then generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions and achievements. But Schliemann gained this status as an archaeological hero partly by deliberately eclipsing the man who had launched his career. Now, at long last, Susan Heuck Allen puts the record straight in this fascinating archaeological adventure that restores the British expatriate Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of Hisarlík, the site now thought to be Troy as described in the Iliad. Frank Calvert had lived in the Troad—in the northwest corner of Asia Minor—excavating there for fifteen years before Schliemann arrived and learning the local topography well. He was the first archaeologist to test the hypothesis that Hisarlík was the Troy of Hector and Helen. So that he would have unrestricted access to the site, he purchased part of the mound and was the first archaeologist to conduct excavations there. Running out of funds, he later interested Schliemann in the site. The thankless Schliemann stole Calvert's ideas, exploited his knowledge and advice, and finally stole Calvert's glory, in part by slandering him and denigrating his work. Allen corrects the record and does justice to a man who was a victim of his own integrity while giving a balanced treatment of Schliemann's true accomplishments. This meticulously researched book tells the story of Frank Calvert's development as an archaeologist, his adventures and discoveries. It focuses on the twists and turns of his turbulent relationship with the perfidious Schliemann, the resulting gains for archaeology, and the successful conclusion of their common quest. Allen has brought together a wide range of relevant published material as well as unpublished sources from archives, diaries, letters, and personal interviews to tell this gripping story.
Author : Robert L. Fish
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504007158
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gold of Troy written by Robert L. Fish and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To recover a lost treasure, an American and a Russian face off against a killer Berlin is lost, but the Nazis have not given up hope. As their soldiers battle the Red Army for every inch of the capital, a detachment of Russians search the bunker underneath the Berlin Zoo, where Hitler’s army stored the finest art treasures of the Reich. The bunker is empty by the time Sergeant Kolenko enters it—save for a rusted old trunk that holds nothing but gold knickknacks. Kolenko’s men don’t know it yet, but they have unearthed the treasures of the lost city of Troy. Decades later, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art receives a letter saying that the treasure will be auctioned off. To get her hands on it, she will have to face off against the CIA, the KGB, and a killer who will do anything for gold.
Author : Robert Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880295314
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gold of Troy written by Robert Payne and published by . This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards the end of last century, a shabbily dressed old scholar was to be seen wandering over an obscure mound in Asia Minor. He had discovered ancient Troy. Most unscientific of archaeologists, Heinrich Schliemann nevertheless founded the modern science of archeology. Schliemann had made four fortunes. He had travelled half the world, sired three children by a Russian wife, and learned a dozen languages. Perseverance had turned this penniless grocer clerk into the successful businessman personified. Yet for many years his wealth had tasted like ashes. He still did not know what he wanted. Then, while studying philology at the Sorbonne in his forty-sixth year, he remembered the stories of the ancient Greek heroes--and set out to uncover buried Troy. His search was quickened by a fierce hunger for gold. Instinctively he chose his spots and ordered the workmen to dig. Twice he discovered great treasures of gold. Then he secured a divorce and asked a Greek bishop to find him a new wife who was good, beautiful and an enthusiast for Homer. With the lovely seventeen-year old Sophia, whom he chose from a photograph, he began his most successful archaeological excavations. Against hope, against all the evidence, this strange man discovered the walls of Troy, King Priam's palace and enough antiquities to furnish a whole museum. -- Dust jacket flaps.
Author : Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500017173
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gold of Troy written by Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treasures of ancient Troy are a collection of gold and silver ornaments, jewelry and precious gems, dating back to the 12th century BC. They were unearthed by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1873. During the years of World War II the treasures disappeared from the Berlin Museum of Archaeology and were feared destroyed. Hidden from the world for 50 years, their recovery is celebrated in this volume, published in conjunction with an exhibition to be held at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow in 1996.
Author : Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763665673
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Hero Schliemann written by Laura Amy Schlitz and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century archaeologist who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy. This engrossing tale paints a portrait of contradictions — a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a man with a funny habit of taking liberties with the truth. Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd open a discussion about how history sometimes comes to be written, and how it sometimes needs to be changed. Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.
Author : Christo Thanos
Publisher : Schliemann diaries, Vol. 2
ISBN 13 : 9789088902550
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Schliemann and the California Gold Rush written by Christo Thanos and published by Schliemann diaries, Vol. 2. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second part of The Schliemann Diaries we follow Heinrich Schliemann (the famous 19th century archaeologist, trader and traveller) through his diary on his second journey: his travels to America from December 1850 to March 1853. The original diary was written in English and for a small part in Spanish. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemann's travel diary. In 1850 the millionaire Schliemann decided to end his job as trader in Russia and to try his luck in the United States. He travelled via Europe to New York and Washington and then via Panama on to the goldfields in California. He made a second fortune in Sacramento with buying gold dust and with banking. After two years he returned to Europe and got married in St Petersburg. In this diary Schliemann describes his travels from the perspective of a wealthy business man in the mid-19th century and writes about the landscape, his visits to the theatre, the hotels he used, his much discussed meeting with the American president, his lucrative banking business in California, etc. His travels and accommodation weren't always without danger. Schliemann describes in detail the extreme heat and humidity, fatal illnesses, rainstorms, floods, mosquitoes, robbers, murderers and swindlers. Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was a shrewd trader and later in life he became one of the best known archaeologists of the 19th century for discovering the legendary city of Troy and the golden masks of Mycenae. Schliemann also made many travels around the world and recorded his experiences in several diaries. In this series, all Schliemann's travel diaries will be made available to a wider public by means of a transcription, an English translation and an introduction. These publications will present a new image of the trader and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann and the world in which he lived.
