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The First Fossil Hunters : Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times

by: Mayor, A.

Price: 49,60 EURO

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Category: Greco-Roman History
Code: 8779
ISBN-13: 9780691058634 / 978-0-691-05863-4
ISBN-10: 0691058636 / 0-691-05863-6
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Publication Place: New Jersey
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 361
Book Condition: New

The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times

Author:Adrienne Mayor

Summary:Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants - these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. This title shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact


xx, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm


Contents:
The gold-guarding griffin: a paleontological legend
Earthquakes and elephants: prehistoric remains in Mediterranean lands
Ancient discoveries of giant bones
Artistic and archaeological evidence for fossil discoveries
Mythology, natural philosophy, and fossils
Centaur bones: paleontological fictions

 
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The First Fossil Hunters : Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times

by: Mayor, A.

  • ISBN-13: 9780691058634 / 978-0-691-05863-4
  • ISBN-03: 0691058636 / 0-691-05863-6
  • Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2000

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