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Schliemann's discoveries of the ancient world
with dustjacket, 1979 rep, clean tight copy
- GenresHistory
1000 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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August 12, 2026
Schliemann’s biography itself is fascinating.
- Bribing the miller with whiskey to recite Homer in Greek
- Shipwrecked as a cabin boy
- How he learned languages by rote memorization and paid someone to listen to him reciting memorized Russian that he had no idea what it meant
- Accidental American citizen
- His wife helps him smuggle artifacts out of the dig in her shawl
- His daughter‘s name was Andromache and his son‘s name was Agamemnon
The book is full of absolutely beautiful illustrations.
- Bribing the miller with whiskey to recite Homer in Greek
- Shipwrecked as a cabin boy
- How he learned languages by rote memorization and paid someone to listen to him reciting memorized Russian that he had no idea what it meant
- Accidental American citizen
- His wife helps him smuggle artifacts out of the dig in her shawl
- His daughter‘s name was Andromache and his son‘s name was Agamemnon
The book is full of absolutely beautiful illustrations.
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