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Horwitz,Sylvia

The Find of a Lifetime : Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos.

Viking Press, 1981

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Year of publication
1981
ISBN
0670135755
Place of printing
New York
Author
Horwitz,Sylvia
Publishers
Viking Press
Edition
1st US Edition.
Keyword
ANCIENT GREECE CRETE. KNOSSOS. MINOANS ARTHUR EVANS ARCHAEOLOGY
Cover description
Near Fine - Price Clipped
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Arthur Evans was a dapper Victorian gentleman whose idiosyncrasies became obsessions and whose obsessions led to one of the most breathtaking discoveries in the history of archaeology - the Palace of Minos at Knossos. For a quarter of a century the great archaeologist worked to sift the facts from the myths about the mysterious civilization he was uncovering.278p.+ plates, map. bibliography. index. Neat, tight copy. ffep missing, Library marks on rear end paper.