Vrysaki

Author : Sylvie Dumont
Publisher : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ISBN 13 : 1621390373
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vrysaki written by Sylvie Dumont and published by American School of Classical Studies at Athens. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1931 and 1939, central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition of the Vrysaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis. In these few years, more than 5,000 inhabitants were displaced and 348 properties were torn down so that the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) could excavate the ancient Agora; the scale of the project and the degree to which it was documented make this a unique episode in the history of Greek archaeology. Using materials from the ASCSA Archives and a large collection of photographs from the 1930s, this volume details the history of the negotiations, the expropriations, and, most importantly, the Vrysaki neighborhood itself. Illustrating its streets, shops, houses, names, and faces, the author provides a vivid recreation of the community that was Vrysaki.

Author : Elinor De Wire
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1561644528
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lighthouses of Greece written by Elinor De Wire and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With thousands of islands adrift in cerulean waters and a long, labyrinthine coastline, Greeks have always traveled liquid highways. They built the world's first documented lighthouse at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria more than two-thousand years ago, and since that time countless sentinels have risen and fallen on Greek shores. Weather, warfare, erosion, and earthquakes have reduced some to rubble, but more than 100 traditional stone lighthouses still stand in Greece today--old sentries keeping watch over every vessel, large or small, from freighters and tankers and cruise ships to fishermen and ferries. Their romance, beauty, and history are captured in this handy guidebook. Beguiling images, fascinating histories, and helpful travel information will guide you to these beloved seamarks in the land of Hellene.

Author : Demetrios Sicilianos
Publisher : London : Putnam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old and New Athens written by Demetrios Sicilianos and published by London : Putnam. This book was released on 1960 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jenifer Neils
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108754147
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens written by Jenifer Neils and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, ancient Athens looms large in contemporary study of the ancient world. This Companion is a comprehensive introduction the city, its topography and monuments, inhabitants and cultural institutions, religious rituals and politics. Chapters link the religious, cultural, and political institutions of Athens to the physical locales in which they took place. Discussion of the urban plan, with its streets, gates, walls, and public and private buildings, provides readers with a thorough understanding of how the city operated and what people saw, heard, smelled, and tasted as they flowed through it. Drawing on the latest scholarship, as well as excavation discoveries at the Agora, sanctuaries, and cemeteries, the Companion explores how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman city.

Author : John W. I. Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197578993
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Black Archaeologist written by John W. I. Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as 'the first black archaeologist.' The text uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.

Author : Raphael Greenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009160230
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology, Nation and Race written by Raphael Greenberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in decades of research, this book covers contemporary matters such as the entanglement of race and nationalism with archaeology.

Author : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greece written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Athens and Attica written by Christopher Wordsworth and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Manufactures
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reports from the Consuls of the United States (varies Slightly) written by United States. Bureau of Manufactures and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl Baedeker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greece written by Karl Baedeker and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: