Antiquity Recovered

Antiquity Recovered
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0892368721
ISBN-13 : 9780892368723
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Book Synopsis Antiquity Recovered by : Victoria C. Gardner Coates

Download or read book Antiquity Recovered written by Victoria C. Gardner Coates and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Antiquity Recovered' presents 13 diverse essays that trace how perceptions of the past have changed over the course of three centuries of excavations. They range in subject from a reassessment of the contents of the library at Herculaneum's Villa of the Papyri, to the symbolic appearance of the ancient world in classic films.


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