Travels and Discoveries in the Levant
Travels and Discoveries in the Levant
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GBPC. T. Newton (1816–1894) was a British archaeologist whose great interest was in Greek and Roman artefacts. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, before joining the British Museum as an assistant in the Antiquities Department. Newton left the Museum in 1852 to explore the coasts and islands of Asia Minor, returning in 1861 as Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. First published in 1865, these volumes contain an account of his travels and archaeological investigations around the Aegean and the coast of Turkey between 1852 and 1859. Using a series of letters written during his travels, Newton describes his archaeological discoveries together with valuable observations on contemporary Greek and Turkish culture. He also provides an account of his excavation of the tomb of Mausolus of Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Volume 2 describes his discovery and excavation of this legendary building.
Product details
November 2010Paperback
9781108017435
336 pages
216 × 19 × 140 mm
0.43kg
37 b/w illus. 10 colour illus. 6 maps
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Table of Contents
- 30. Recruiting for Land Transport Corps
- 31. Visit to Ayasso and Plumari
- 32. Taking of Sebastopol
- 33. Visit to Constantinople
- 34. Cruise in the Medusa
- 35. Castle at Budrum
- 36. Arrival of the Gorgon at Budrum
- 37. Discovery of Roman mosaic pavements in Field of Hadji Captan
- 38. Discovery of the site of the Mausoleum
- 39. Turkish wrestlers
- 40. Further excavations on site of Mausoleum
- 41. Discovery of Eastern peribolos wall
- 42. Visit to Branchidae
- 43. Establishment at Cnidus
- 44. Description of the site of Cnidus
- 45. Final excavations on site of Mausoleum
- 46. Discovery of colossal lion near Cnidus
- 47. Description of the Doric tomb
- 48. Second visit to Branchidae
- 49. Temple of Venus
- 50. Triopion promontory
- 51. Eastern necropolis
- 52. Return of Lieut. Smith
- 52. Visit of H. R. H. Prince Alfred to Cnidus and Budrum in the Euryalus
- Notes.
