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1969A desire to recreate Minoan palaces, villas, and houses of the Late Bronze Age inspired the author of this book to undertake an eight year research program that has radically modified our conception of the appearance of Cretan dwellings He not only interprets the use of the rooms that partially survive but reconstructs the guest suites and banquet halls of the vanished upper storeys. Written both as a preparation for a visit to Crete and as an actual guide to the sites, the book is prefaced with an account of the island's geography, history, and culture in antiquity, and packed with illustrations including photographs, plans, reconstructions, and a map of the island showing the sites" 269p. (plus 68 pages of diagrams and plates].maps.bibliography.index. Book
1976English translation of " Kreta und frühes Griechenland" by Anne. E.Keep. 258p. illus plates (some col) index Book
1977For 30 years Professor George E. Mylonas directed excavations at Mycenae for Washington University in St. Louis and the Archaeological Society of Athens. (1951-1981) Thirty years of excavation have brought about the need for a Guide book such as this, which contains the latest results of the archaeologists' work at Mycenae. The illustrations and the many plans it contains will, I hope, make easy the study of the ruins which at first glance seem labyrinthine. In Part I of the Guide I give a full description of the remains on the acropolis of Mycenae; in Part II, an account of the tombs and houses to be found outside the acropolis. In Part III, I offer a concise account of the history and legends of Mycenae, of the excavations and of the excavators whose work has made possible the study of the Mycenaean civilization. In this way a rounded picture of the site and its historic role in the affairs of Greece may be obtained from reading the Guide and inspection of the site.It is hoped that the visit to the City of Agamemnon will prove a memorable experience for the reader. 80p. illus (+ Fold-out plans) Name of previous owner, else fine. Book
1987"Hans Wunderlich is a geologist who happened to be in Crete in 1970, when he took the opportunity of visiting Sir Arthur Evan's celebrated reconstruction of the so-called Palace of King Minos at Knossos - the legendary labyrinth where Theseus once defeated the dreaded Minotaur. This chance visit drew him into one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all time, for one contradiction struck him after another in the 'established' interpretations of the Minoan culture. His geologist's eye found clues that the early archaeologists had missed, the technical man asked questions to which no-one seemed to have the answer. He soon concluded that what he was gazing at was not a palace at all, but something more sombre and perhaps even more significant. This book is the author's attempt to resolve the paradoxes that have obsessed the archaeological world ever since Evan's spectacular find." An interesting theory ."that the Palace of King Minos was not the bustling centre of gay courtly life but was, instead, a necropolis - a city of the dead" English translation by Richard Windsor. 368p. illus. diagrs. maps. bibliography. index. Book
1974English translation by Richard Winston of "Whoin der stier Europs Trug' "Hans Wunderlich is a geologist who happened to be in Crete in 1970, when he took the opportunity of visiting Sir Arthur Evan's celebrated reconstruction of the so-called Palace of King Minos at Knossos - the legendary labyrinth where Theseus once defeated the dreaded Minotaur. This chance visit drew him into one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all time, for one contradiction struck him after another in the 'established' interpretations of the Minoan culture. His geologist's eye found clues that the early archaeologists had missed, the technical man asked questions to which no-one seemed to have the answer. He soon concluded that what he was gazing at was not a palace at all, but something more sombre and perhaps even more significant. This book is the author's attempt to resolve the paradoxes that have obsessed the archaeological world ever since Evan's spectacular find." An interesting theory ."that the Palace of King Minos was not the bustling centre of gay courtly life but was, instead, a necropolis - a city of the dead "" 367p. illus. diagrs. maps. bibliography. index. Book
1971Account of the discovery and excavation of a Minoan Palace in Eastern Crete. Includes a chapter on Atlantis/Santorini.HC. 345p. Plates (some col.) diagrams. bibliography. index.Crisp tight copy Book
1978Comprehensive collection of papers presented at the second International Scientific Congress Santorini, Greece August 1978 by a wide range of specialists and scholars. In three sections : Part I - Geosciences; Part II Archaeology; Part III Related Sciences. 822p. diagrams, plates, tables illus. maps NOTE : Seriously over sized [30x22x6 cm] VERY heavy volume [3 kg] Name of previous owner, else as new. Book
197394p.llus(some col) maps Book
Well illustrated tourist souvenir guide to the Minoan site of Knossos in Crete. Main text in English, captions to illustrations in Greek, French, German, Italian and English. No date (c.1980 ?) 30p.text + 19 leaves of plates, illus (col) diagrams.Large format fold out plan of the site Book
Well illustrated tourist souvenir guide to the Minoan site of Knossos in Crete. Main text in English, captions to illustrations in Greek, French, German, Italian and English. No date (c.1970 ?) 16p. text + 14 leaves of plates, illus (col) diagrams. map Book
1981Well illustrated souvenir guide tourist guide to Minoan archaeological sites in Crete. 176p.plates (col) Maps. illus. bibliography, index Book
1962"A desire to recreate Minoan palaces, villas, and houses of the Late Bronze Age inspired the author of this book to undertake an eight year research program that has radically modified our conception of the appearance of Cretan dwellings. He not only interprets the use of the rooms that partially survive but reconstructs the guest suites and banquet halls of the vanished upper storeys. Written both as a preparation for a visit to Crete and as an actual guide to the sites, the book is prefaced with an account of the island's geography, history, and culture in antiquity, and packed with illustrations including photographs, plans, reconstructions, and a map of the island showing the sites" 269p. (plus 68 pages of diagrams and plates].maps. bibliography. index.Crisp tight copy, almost as new. Book
1976English translation of " Kreta und frühes Griechenland" by Anne. E.Keep. 258p. illus plates (some col) index Book
1967"Though it was one of the greatest and most distinct of ancient civilizations, practically nothing was known of Minoan Crete until the present century. It is, in a sense, the complete creation of the archaeologist s spade and the scholar"s detective imagination. Their detailed investigations have revealed a rich culture with such brilliance, luxury, oddity and gaiety that it has invited comparison with Paris at its peak, and this despite the fact that its few written records are little more than duty rosters and lists of quartermasters and tax-collectors. Yet Crete, like all civilizations, seemed to possess its own inherent seeds of destruction. H. E. L. Mellersh weaves a fascinating story of the flowering of the Minoan people, a story not in isolation-for the Minoans were of the Bronze Age and a Mediterranean people. A distinctive feature of the book are the superb illustrations-16 pages of plates in full colour, and 76 black and white illustrations fully integrated with the text. " 143p. plates some col) illus.index (bookplate of previous owner) Book
1969This official introductory guide to Knossos was first written by John Pendlebury in 1934, reissued by Max Parrish 1954. This is a new and revised edition, with an Introduction by Sir John Myres and Sir John Forsdyke which sketches concisely and vividly the background of Minoan history, art and culture. He was Curator of the Site from 1929 to 1934.Like Ariadne's thread, his text guides the reader through the historical and architectural maze of this great Palace, tracing its growth from its foundation to the completion of the great complex of buildings in the fifteenth century B.C. and ending with a grand tour of the Palace and its dependencies (illustrated by many clear maps and plans). Introductions by Sir John Myres and Sir John Forsdyke.76p.plates.maps.diagrs.index (Large fold-out plan of Knossos) Note by owner on ffep, else fine. Book
1960"A re-creation of Minoan life in the palace of Knossos" 240p.+ 12 leaves of plates[2 in colour] index. Neat tight text, corners bumped Book
1983[Ancient Peoples and Places Series] 198p. illus, maps, bibliography. index Book
1991In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, "the account books of anonymous clerks", but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer"s credibility as a witness. 201p. illus. maps. bubliograohy. index Book
1992"The author, a noted geoarchaeologist who has done extensive investigative fieldwork in landscapes of Bronze Age Greece and has recently excavated at Tiryns, goes to the source of the Atlantis legend, two of Plato's dialogs. Zangger examines these accounts in great detail, accepts them as historically based, and presents evidence for identifying Bronze Age Troy as the most likely site of "Atlantis" 256p. illus. maps. bibliography .index Book
1966Young Historians series "Not only a vivid account of these ancient people but also of the work of the modern scholars who have given us back a lost page of history" 112p. illus index. Neat copy except for the library stamps > ILLUS 97p.plates. bibliography.index Ex-Library
1970A collection of essays examining Homer's epics for evidence of the Mycenean and Dark Age periods in ancient Greek history. 115p. illus Book
1978Folder #3 containing 16 full colour postcard photographs of the frescoes from Thera taken by Christos Antoniades. As new in the original folder. Postcard
1978Folder # containing 15 full colour postcard photographs of the site and finds at Mycenae taken by Christos Antoniades. As new in the original folder. Note ONE of the postcards is missing, else as new/ Postcard
1963278p + plates. bibliography. index. Book
1957Page-Barbour Lectures for 1955 at the University of Virginia. Describing the excavation of the new Grave Circle discovered in 1951, the "most sensational finds made in mainland Greece since1876" 201p.+ 48 pages of plates chronology, bibliography, index Crisp neat copy with only minor signs if library ownership. else near fine. Front flap of DJ laid in . Ex-Library