Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Archaeologists
ISBN : OCLC:761179864
The Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
The Gold Of Troy
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The Gold of Troy
Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova,Vladimir Tolstikov,Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Mikhail Treister
Author : Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova,Vladimir Tolstikov,Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Mikhail Treister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 0500017174
The Gold of Troy by Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova,Vladimir Tolstikov,Vladimir P. Tolstikov,Michail Yu Treister,Mikhail Treister Pdf
The treasures of ancient Troy are a collection of gold and silver ornaments, jewelry and precious gems, dating back to the 12th century BC. They were unearthed by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1873. During the years of World War II the treasures disappeared from the Berlin Museum of Archaeology and were feared destroyed. Hidden from the world for 50 years, their recovery is celebrated in this volume, published in conjunction with an exhibition to be held at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow in 1996.
Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,9 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.
Lost and Found
Caroline Moorehead
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 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 : 47,6 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].
The Gold of Troy
Robert L. Fish
Author : Robert L. Fish
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504007153
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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.
Helen of Troy
Margaret George
Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 50,6 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.
The Gold of Troy
Robert Payne
Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1010860449
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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 : 52,8 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?
Trojan Gold
Elizabeth Peters
Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 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.
Finding the Walls of Troy
Susan Heuck Allen
Author : Susan Heuck Allen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 51,6 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.
Schliemann of Troy
David A. Traill
Author : David A. Traill
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,7 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: Lord of the Silver Bow
David Gemmell
Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345486080
Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell Pdf
With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood. Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy. Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.
In Search Of The Trojan War
Michael Wood
Author : Michael Wood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448141456
In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood Pdf
For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth? Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? In this extensively revised edition, historian Michael Wood takes account of the latest dramatic developments in the search for Troy. His wide-ranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records has been brought up-to-date. Detailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yield new evidence about the historical city, In Search of the Trojan War takes a fresh look at some of the most excited discoveries in archaeology. A dazzling and exhaustive analysis. Washington Post This beautifully illustrated book vividly evokes themes that are central to our civilizations quest for its past. The New York Times Book Review
Troy
Stephen Fry
Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Michael Joseph
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1405944463
Troy by Stephen Fry Pdf
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.