The four seasons of Cyrene : the excavation and explorations in 1861 of Lieutenants R. Murdoch Smith, R.E. and Edwin A. Porcher, R.N. /

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Author / Creator:Thorn, Dorothy M.
Imprint:Roma : L'Erma di Bretschneider, c2007.
Description:313 p. : 46 fig., 90 plates (34 col.), plans, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studia archaeologica ; 155
Studia archaeologica ("Erma" di Bretschneider) ; 155.
Subject:Smith, R. Murdoch, -- (Robert Murdoch), -- Sir, -- 1835-1900.
Porcher, Edwin A., -- 1824-1878
Porcher, Edwin A., -- 1824-1878.
Smith, R. Murdoch -- (Robert Murdoch), -- 1835-1900
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Libya.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Cyrene (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
Libya -- Antiquities.
Libya.
Libya -- Cyrene (Extinct city)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7182015
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ISBN:9788882654467 (cl.)
888265446X (cl.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259).
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Summary:Acknowledgements; Preface; I. The Scientific Expedition - The Curtain Rises; II. First news: The Youthful Bacchus; III. Five men and a Crowbar; IV. A regular nest of statues; V. The right hand holds a snake; VI. Arrival of H.M.S. Assurance; VII. Near the centre of the City; VIII. The head wreathed with grapes; IX. Without a sign of a ship; X. Departure on H.M.S. Melpomene; XI. The Curtain Falls; XII. The Photographic Apparatus; XIII. Porchers Watercolours; XIV. Epilogue; Plates.
Physical Description:313 p. : 46 fig., 90 plates (34 col.), plans, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259).
ISBN:9788882654467 (cl.)
888265446X (cl.)