World of the Past

by Jacquetta Hawkes

Book Overview

The history of Archaeology and its greatest discoveries in Greece, Italy, Asia, Northern Europe and the Western Hemisphere, in the eloquent words of the original discoverers, observers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671220349
• ISBN13: 9780671220341
• Release Date: April 1975
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Sorry! It's Not a Marvel Comic Book!

Sorry, it's not Wonderdog and Polyanna. It's one of the most remarkable and comprehensive surveys of the ancient world written in the twentieth century. It's a 10 on a scale of 0-5. But in a world where "long" movies never exceed 100 minutes, it is a dinosaur, and well beyond the reach of most. But I would not agree that the material is dry or boring - just way outside of the 90-minute attention span of today's typical reader.