C. Leonard Woolley (1880–1960)
Auteur van The Sumerians
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Fotografie: Woolley (left) and T. E. Lawrence at Carchemish. Image from Dead Towns and Living Men (1920) at the Internet Archive
Werken van C. Leonard Woolley
Il mestiere dell'archeologo 2 exemplaren
A Record of the Work Done by the Military Authorities for The Protection of the Treasures of Art and History in War… (1947) 2 exemplaren
Carchemish: report on the excavations at Djerabis by C. Lenoard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence, Part 1 (1969) 2 exemplaren
The Sumerians (Norton Library) by Woolley, Charles Leonard(September 17, 1965) Paperback (1602) 2 exemplaren
The Excavations at Ur and the Hebrew Records 2 exemplaren
The Young Archaeologist 2 exemplaren
UR 1 exemplaar
Ur: Histoire d´une découverte 1 exemplaar
konsten i mellersta östern 1 exemplaar
Opgravingen die Geschiedenis Maakten 1 exemplaar
Digging Up the Past 1 exemplaar
The Excavations at Ur and the Hebrew Records 1 exemplaar
History Unearthed 1 exemplaar
Digging up the Past 1 exemplaar
Het Midden-Oosten 1 exemplaar
Karanóg, the town 1 exemplaar
Sir Leonard Wooley,... Ur en Chaldée : Ou Sept années de fouilles. Traduction de Jeanne Rogier,...… (1949) 1 exemplaar
Medio Oriente 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard
- Geboortedatum
- 1880-04-17
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1960-02-20
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Hackney, London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- London, England, UK
- Opleiding
- University of Oxford (New College)
St. John's School, Leatherhead - Beroepen
- archaeologist
author
historian - Relaties
- Woolley, Geoffrey Harold (brother)
- Organisaties
- Ashmolean Museum
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Subcommission - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Knighthood (1935)
Croix de Guerre - Korte biografie
- Charles Leonard Woolley was born in the London borough of Hackney. He was educated at St. John's School and Oxford University, where he decided to become an archeologist. In 1905, he became assistant keeper (curator) of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. He began his archeological career the following year. Woolley's pioneering discoveries and scholarship became the basis of our modern understanding of Mesopotamian civilization, and made him world-famous. In 1930, he published Ur of the Chaldees, which became the best-selling book on an archaeological subject. He was knighted in 1935.
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Diggging up the past
This is a short introduction to Archaeology, explaining its purpose, cultural importance, method, and an idea of the difficulties involved and the ingenuity required for success. A good deal of the excitement of archaeology is communicated, not only from the discovery of artefacts but also in terms of the insights gained into the lives and culture of people across society in civilisations that have long ceased to exist.
Leonard Woolley was one of the major archaeologists of the early 20th century, and has plenty of first hand tales from his digs to illustrate the points made in the book. In addition to this, there are also about 30 pages of photos and drawings.
This is a well written and easy to read volume that could easily be finished in an afternoon. For anyone without expert knowledge of the topic it is a great introduction that pre-empts many of the questions that might be otherwise have been asked. As well as making me want to read more accounts of achaeological discovery, it also gave me an interest in the field work aspect that the author explains here.… (meer)
This is a short introduction to Archaeology, explaining its purpose, cultural importance, method, and an idea of the difficulties involved and the ingenuity required for success. A good deal of the excitement of archaeology is communicated, not only from the discovery of artefacts but also in terms of the insights gained into the lives and culture of people across society in civilisations that have long ceased to exist.
Leonard Woolley was one of the major archaeologists of the early 20th century, and has plenty of first hand tales from his digs to illustrate the points made in the book. In addition to this, there are also about 30 pages of photos and drawings.
This is a well written and easy to read volume that could easily be finished in an afternoon. For anyone without expert knowledge of the topic it is a great introduction that pre-empts many of the questions that might be otherwise have been asked. As well as making me want to read more accounts of achaeological discovery, it also gave me an interest in the field work aspect that the author explains here.… (meer)
Very interesting, readable look into archaeology in the early 20th century. I usually steer clear of archaeology and history books that weren't more recently published because so much changes in terms of how different fields approach their work, but it's an interesting venture in terms of historiography and was a fun read.
A nice little book. The illustrations show some of my favourite objects in the British Museum: The Ram in the Thicket, The Game Boards and the Standard of Ur.
The short section on royal burial sacrificial was particularly interesting.
The short section on royal burial sacrificial was particularly interesting.
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