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The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (18621927) became the keeper of Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. This 1910 account of his travels and excavations in Turkey, Egypt, and Crete, intended for a popular audience, remains a highly readable account of the practicalities behind his intellectual career.

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'Hogarth's writing is lively, conversational and charmingly self-effacing … a fascinating insight into the beginnings of his long and remarkably eventful career.' Current Archaeology

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Preface; Introductory - apology of an apprentice; 1. An interlude; 2. Lycia; 3. Crete; 4. Nile fens; 5. The Satalian Gulf; 6. Cyrene; 7. Digging; 8. The Sajur; Hittite Problems and the Excavation of Carchemish (1911).

Accidents of an Antiquarys Life

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/29/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108041928, 978-1108041928
      ISBN10: 1108041922
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The archaeologist D. G. Hogarth (18621927) became the keeper of Ashmolean Museum and president of the Royal Geographical Society. This 1910 account of his travels and excavations in Turkey, Egypt, and Crete, intended for a popular audience, remains a highly readable account of the practicalities behind his intellectual career.

      Trade Review
      'Hogarth's writing is lively, conversational and charmingly self-effacing … a fascinating insight into the beginnings of his long and remarkably eventful career.' Current Archaeology

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Introductory - apology of an apprentice; 1. An interlude; 2. Lycia; 3. Crete; 4. Nile fens; 5. The Satalian Gulf; 6. Cyrene; 7. Digging; 8. The Sajur; Hittite Problems and the Excavation of Carchemish (1911).

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