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Title: The Bull of Minos
Condition: New
EAN: 9781845119423
ISBN: 9781845119423
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 30/08/2009
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Author: Leonard Cottrell
Language: English
Subtitle: The Great Discoveries of Ancient Greece
ISBN-10: 1845119428
Description: The cities of Troy and Knossos are the stuff of legend. One, the city of Homer's "Iliad", of Paris, Hector and Helen; the other home to a king who built a labyrinth in which to hide his monstrous son. This is the story of two of the most heroic, and controversial, figures in archaeology: Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the remains of Troy, and Arthur Evans who unearthed the great city of King Minos. Ranking alongside Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the discoveries at Troy and Knossos enabled a new understanding of Prehistoric Greece, the very dawn of civilisation.They also proved that what until then had only been myths and daydreams were actually real. The Cretans did indeed worship the cult of the bull. Achilles and Agamemnon really did live. Replete with drama and adventure, "The Bull of Minos" tells of the 3,000-year old civilisations that were brought back to life, of the extraordinary men who toiled in their dusty ruins and of the magic and mystery of life in a world of gods and warriors.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Weight: 277g
Genre: History
Topic: Ancient History
Release Year: 2009

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