Archaeology : an Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites

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Call Number: BOCD 930.1 Cl Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Course no. 9431.
24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.
The origins of modern archaeology -- Excavting Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Schliemann and his sucessors at Troy -- Early archaeology in Mesopotamia -- How do archaeologists know where to dig? -- Prehistoric archaeology -- Gobekli Tepe, Catalhoyuk, and Jericho -- Pyramids, Mummies and Hieroglyphics -- King Tut's tomb -- How you do excavate at a site? -- Discovering Mycenae and Knossos -- Santorini, Akrotiri, and the Atlantis myth.
The Uluburun shipwreck -- The dead sea scrolls -- The myth to Masada? -- Megiddo: Excavating armageddon -- The Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri -- Petra, Palmyra, and Ebla -- How are artifacts dated and preserved? -- The terracotta army, Sutton Hoo, and Otzi -- Discovering the Maya -- The Nazca Lines, Sipan, and Machu Picchu -- Archaeology in North America -- From the Aztecs to Future Archaeology.
Lectures presented by Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University.
"Join the Great Courses and National Geographic for a spellbinding journey to wondrous ancient sites, and explore the greatest marvels of archaeology."--Provided by publisher.

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