Hands on the Past: Pioneer Archaeologists Tell Their Own Story

by C.W. Ceram

Book Overview

Book by Ceram, C.W. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B003RXPPXY
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: Knopf
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An early 'Eyewitness'

For those who loved Ceram's classic "Gods,Graves,and Scholars" and Brian Fagan's "Eyewitness to Discovery" you should enjoy 'Hands' as well. Just like 'Eyewitness' its all about first-hand accounts of the moments of discovery. Of course Schliemann, Carter, Layard and Stephens are included but so are lesser known explorers of Greece, Egypt, the Near East and South America. Some of the entries are a little dull but the rest entertain and inform. And for a few dollars its well worth it.