“Lava, a liquidly flowing stone, is a mixture of several kinds of minerals, which hardens as it cools into glass and new kinds of rock. Herculaneum was covered to a depth of 65 feet by this material.”
Ceram visualizes archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, a dramatic narrative of man’s search for his past.
Author: C. W. Ceram
Title: Gods, Graves, & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
Edition: British edition, second printing
Published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1952
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 433p
Condition: Fair condition dust jacket with heavy chipping, edge wear and toning—in protector. Boards clean with edge wear and bumping to corners. Spine faded with crushing at both ends. Binding solid and square. Pages tanned with foxing on both sets of end-papers and edges. Some folded corners in text block.
Comments: Well read vintage copy
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