Stones, Bones, and Ancient Cities

by Lawrence H. Robbins

Book Overview

The author details several dozen great discoveries including: King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings; the Rosetta Stone, the long sought-after key to Egyptian hieroglyphics; China's buried... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312044313
• ISBN13: 9780312044312
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book by a great Professor

I was lucky enough to have had one of Dr. Robbins classes at Michigan State University. His work is great because it is scholarly yet anyone can read it and understand it. His ability to make archaeology approachable to the masses is what makes this book so special. I highly reccomend it.

Fun Reading, Great Info, I Loved it!!

Well, I wasn't too sure when I started but by the time I finished the first chapter, "Stones, Bones and Ancient Cities" by Lawrence H. Robbins had me hooked so much I didn't get much sleep for the next few days. The writing style is crisp, clean and easy to understand. Robbins presents the cold-hard facts not just in layman's terms but in INTERESTING terms. I really loved the map of important sites discussed in the book which helped to put things into real perspective.Chapter 2 about Cave Art is really eye-opening and informative about this controversial and speculative area of anthropology. Robbins also presents several Time-Lines at the back of the book that are also very informative. I am also a HUGE fan of the Chapter-by-Chapter form of Notes to be terrific for those of us that like to add more and more reading materials to our shelves. The photographs are fine though MORE is always better in these types of books. REALLY AN ENJOYABLE READ!!

Excellent Reading Material!!

This book is excellent reading material!! Dr. Robbins is my professor for a Great Discoveries in Archaeology class at MSU and we use this book for the class. I certainly don't feel as if I'm doing homework while reading it. The book is very informative, yet easy reading material. Dr. Robbins is a very talented professor and writer with a great deal of precise and sometimes humorous information to offer anyone interested in reading this book!!

Fantastic

Informative, entertaining, and consise. A great survey of important archeological discoveries....but written in a highly readable way.

Dr. Robbins is a master of archeology

Explore wonderful stories of archeology written by Dr. Lawrence Robbins, one of the most respected men in his field. If you decide to read this book, you will never put it down. I consider this to be the the bible of archeology.