Wonderful Things
Uncovering the World's Great Archaeological Treasures
Published on 24. June 1999
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-297-82327-8 (ISBN)
Description
Nothing is more evocative of past civilizations than the hoards of treasure that are found by archaeologists. Many come from tombs and burial chambers, but they have been found too in sunken wrecks and underwater cities, in shrines and temples and royal palaces the world over. Paul Bahn and his team tell us of the extraordinary treasures, and of the equally extraordinary men and women who spent their lives on quests for the unknown.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Illustrations
100 colour & 150 b&w
Dimensions
Height: 288 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1506 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-297-82327-8 (9780297823278)
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Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
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Content
The Rosetta Stone; the treasure of Troy; the Knossos Temple Repository; the terracotta army; Chinese jades; the Aegina treasure; Maya codices; the Venus de Milo; Benin bronzes; Korean gold crowns; Cortez's Aztec mirror; the Nefertiti bust; Ice-Age treasures from Siberia; the royal tombs of Ur; the Oxus treasure; the Snettisham hoard; Laocoon. (Part contents)