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The Romance of Excavation
by David MASTERS (1883 - 1965)The Story of the Rosetta Stone
The Romance of Excavation: A Record of the Amazing Discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Troy, Crete, etc., with Twenty-Nine Illustrations, From the Foreword: "In the following pages I have sought to reveal some of the romance of excavation, to tell the fascinating story of the men who have gone out into the desert places and dug up long-lost cities and the fabled treasure of ancient kings." (Steven Seitel)
Listen next episodes of The Romance of Excavation:
A Despised Statue that Realized 10,000 pounds , A Mussel Shell That Proved Scientists Wrong , Did Ancient Crete Dominate the World? , Graves Which Make History , Hills Which Are Buried Cities , How Layard Uncoverd a Lost Civilization , Schliemann Vindicated and Honored , Signs That Tell Where to Dig , The Discovery of Troy , The Mystery of Cuneiform Writing , The Ruins of Egypt , The Tomb of Tutankhamen , Thebes, One-time Capital of Egypt , Wonders of the Pyramids