Uncovering the ancient world

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By H V F Winstone
Published by Constable UK, 1985
Hardback with dustwrapper, first edition, colour & black and white plates, great clean reading copy

Uncovering the ancient world took place at a breathtaking speed. Schliemann at Troy; Marriette and Petrie in the Nile Valley; Evans in Crete; Wolley at Ur and carter in the Valley of the Kings - these and other great archaeologists began to unravel the mysteries of past civilizations, about which we continue to speculate.

H V F Winstone tells the story with a pace and a sense of excitement that matches his subject. His text is authorative and informed.

With many illustrations, this publication is glittering to look at and utterly absorbing to read.