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. |
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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 |
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. |
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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.) |