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C.W. Ceram

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January 20, 1915 in Berlin, Germany

died

April 12, 1972

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C. W. Ceram was the pseudonym of German journalist and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek, known for his popular works about archaeology. He chose to write under a pseudonym to distance himself from his earlier work as a propagandist for the Third Reich.

Ceram was born in Berlin. During World War II, he was a member of the Propagandatruppe. His works from that period include Wir hielten Narvik, 1941, and Rote Spiegel - überall am Feind. Von den Kanonieren des Reichsmarschalls, 1943.

In 1949, Ceram wrote his most famous book, Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte — published in English as Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology — an account of the historical development of archaeology. Published in 28 languages, Ceram's book eventually received a pri...more

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Books by C.W. Ceram

Average rating: 4.05 · 375 ratings · 32 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story Of Archaeology by C.W. Ceram, Sophie Wilkins (Translator), E.B. Garside (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1949 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Europe 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1955 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The First American: The Story of North American Archaeology 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The March of Archaeology 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1970	My rating:
	Hands on the Past: Pioneer Archaeologists Tell Their Own Story 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	My rating:
	I detectives dell'archeologia. Le grandi scoperte archeologiche nel racconto dei protagonisti by C.W. Ceram, L. Bonaca Boccaccio (Traduttore) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	A Picture History of Archaeology 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1958	My rating:
	Archaeology of the Cinema 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1965	My rating:
	Das Buch der Pyramiden by C.W. Ceram, Kurt Wilhelm Marek 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by C.W. Ceram

“Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline and moderation. Explorations among the ruins of the remote past have carried curious men all over the face of the earth… Yet in truth, no science is more adventurous than archaeology, if adventure is thought of as a mixture of spirit and deed.”
― C.W. Ceram, Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story Of Archaeology

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“Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple”
― C.W. Ceram