Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Archaeologists
ISBN : OCLC:761179864
The Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
Gold Of Troy
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Lost and Found
Caroline Moorehead
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004020164
Lost and Found by Caroline Moorehead Pdf
"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
Priam's Gold
Caroline Moorehead
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1784534870
Priam's Gold by Caroline Moorehead Pdf
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].
Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991-05
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0880295317
Gold of Troy by Robert Payne Pdf
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.
The Gold of Troy
Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ izobrazitelʹnykh iskusstv imeni A.S. Pushkina
Author : Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ izobrazitelʹnykh iskusstv imeni A.S. Pushkina
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0810933942
The Gold of Troy by Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ izobrazitelʹnykh iskusstv imeni A.S. Pushkina Pdf
Surveys the April 1996 exhibition of "Priam's Treasure"
The Gold of Troy
Robert L. Fish
Author : Robert L. Fish
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504007153
The Gold of Troy by Robert L. Fish Pdf
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.
Schliemann of Troy
David A. Traill
Author : David A. Traill
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312156472
Schliemann of Troy by David A. Traill Pdf
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
Troy and Its Remains
Heinrich Schliemann
Author : Heinrich Schliemann
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Asia Minor Antiquities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016678638
Troy and Its Remains by Heinrich Schliemann Pdf
Schliemann and the California Gold Rush
Christo Thanos
Author : Christo Thanos
Publisher : Schliemann diaries, Vol. 2
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Archaeologists
ISBN : 9088902550
Schliemann and the California Gold Rush by Christo Thanos Pdf
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.
Trojan Gold
Elizabeth Peters
Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337746
Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters Pdf
More from Vicky Bliss - the new heroine from the creator of the bestselling Amelia Peabody series A picture is worth a thousand words - but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received gives rise to a thousand questions instead. A quick glance at the blood-stained envelope is all the proof she needs that something is horribly wrong. The photo itself is familiar: a woman adorned in the gold of Troy. Yet this isn't the famous photograph of Frau Schliemann - this photo is contemporary. And the gold, as Vicky and her fellow academics know - disappeared at the end of World War II. And now this circle of experts is gathered for a festive Bavarian Christmas - including a very determined killer.
A Song of War
Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt
Author : Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063310650
A Song of War by Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt Pdf
A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories. A young princess and an embittered prince join forces to prevent a fatal elopement. A tormented seeress challenges the gods themselves to save her city from the impending disaster. A tragedy-haunted king battles private demons and envious rivals as the siege grinds on. A doomed hero launches a desperate plan to bring the war to a close. A grizzled archer and a desperate Amazon risk their lives to avenge their dead. A trickster conceives the greatest trick of all. A goddess' son battles to save the spirit of Troy even as the walls are breached in fire and blood. Seven authors bring to life the epic tale of the Trojan War: its heroes, its villains, its survivors, its dead. Who will lie forgotten in the embers, and who will rise to shape the bloody dawn of a new age?
Finding the Walls of Troy
Susan Heuck Allen
Author : Susan Heuck Allen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520342361
Finding the Walls of Troy by Susan Heuck Allen Pdf
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.
Helen of Troy
Margaret George
Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101218792
Helen of Troy by Margaret George Pdf
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Gold of Troy
Grand Central Publishing
Author : Grand Central Publishing
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0446529451
Gold of Troy by Grand Central Publishing Pdf
The Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1010860449
