Amazing archaeologists and their finds /

Scheller, William.

Amazing archaeologists and their finds / [by] William Scheller. - Minneapolis, MN : Oliver, 1994. - 160 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. - Profiles .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Austen Henry Layard, Hormuzd Rassam, and the lost cities of Assyria -- Henri Mouhot and Angkor -- Heinrich Schliemann and Troy -- Sir Arthur Evans and Knossos -- Edward Thompson and the Sacred Well of Chichen Itza -- Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu -- Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamen -- Kathleen Kenyon and the biblical city of Jericho.

Profiles several well-known archaeologists, their important discoveries and what they mean.

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Archeologists--Biography.
Archeology--History.

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