- Archaeology, Civilization, Ethnology, History
An account of major archaeologists' explorations and their discoveries, including Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, Crete, the empires of Egypt, the kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria, and the empires of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the Toltecs.
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- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- C. W. Ceram
- First published
- April 1993
- Pages
- 462
- Publisher
- bantam books, inc., Alfred A Knopf, National Geographic
- Editions
- 115
- Language
- French, German, Dutch, Polish
- ISBN
- 9780140217568
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“In the year 1738 Maria Amalia Christine, daughter of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, married Charles of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, and moved to Naples.”
C. W. Ceram (January 20, 1915 – April 12, 1972) was the pseudonym of German journalist and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek, known for his popular works about archaeology. He chose to write under a pseudonym to distance himself from his earlier work as a propagandist for the Third Reich. Ceram was born in Berlin. During World War II, he was a member of the Propagandatruppe. His works from that period include Wir hielten Narvik, 1941, and Rote Spiegel - überall am Feind. Von den Kanonieren des Reichsmarschalls, 1943. In 1949, Ceram wrote his most famous book, Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte — published in English as Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology — an account of the historical devel
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