From Stonehenge to Samarkand : an anthology of archaeological travel writing / Brian Fagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fagan, Brian M.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heritage tourism.

Travelers' writings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2006]

Summary:

A noted archaeologist and popular writer offers an engaging historical account of the enduring love of ancient architecture--the irresistible impulse to visit strange lands in search of lost cities and forgotten monuments.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Beginnings 1

The Desolation of Babylon 4

Herodotus at the Pyramids 8

The Colossi of Memnon 12

Chapter 2 The Antiquarians 17

"The Backward-looking Curiosity" 19

William Camden and Britannia 21

John Aubrey and Edward Llwyd 25

William Stukeley and Stonehenge 28

Chapter 3 The Grand Tour 33

An Excursion to Acquire Taste 35

The Attractions of Naples 37

The Rome of the Grand Tour 39

Pompeii and Herculaneum 43

Wastrels and "Macaronis" 47

Chapter 4 Greece Bespoiled 49

The Parthenon and Eleusis 52

Charles Cockerell and Friends at Aphaia 55

Chapter 5 Pharaohs and Pyramids 61

Napoleon's Donkeys 63

Champollion Visits the Nile 65

The First Tourists 66

"Far more beautiful than I had expected" 67

Chapter 6 From Babylon to Persepolis 75

Karsten Niebuhr at Persepolis 77

Claudius James Rich at Babylon and Birs Nimrod 80

Sir Robert Ker Porter Sees Desolation 85

Rich at Persepolis 89

Chapter 7 Palmyra and Petra 93

First Visitors to Palmyra 96

Baalbek 100

Inaccessible Petra 101

Chapter 8 Tourists Along the Nile 111

Thomas Cook and Mark Twain 114

"A boating trip interspersed with ruins" 121

A Thousand Miles up the Nile 122

Chpater 9 Maya and Inca 129

The Almost-forgotten Maya 132

John Lloyd Stephens Reveals the Maya 134

Ephraim Squier and Inca Civilization 144

Hiram Bingham at Machu Picchu 150

Chapter 10 The World of the Pueblos 157

Chaco Canyon 159

William Henry Jackson and the Pueblos 160

Frank Cushing, "1st War Chief of the Zuni, U.S. Assistant Ethnologist" 165

Early Tourists 175

Chapter 11 To Desert and Steppe 181

Sven Hedin, Explorer and Adventurer 184

Sir Aurel Stein and the Caves of a Thousand Buddhas 186

Chapter 12 Individualists 197

Maillart and Fleming 199

Byron in Oxiana 203

Chapter 13 Travel as Commodity 223

Paul Theroux Along the Nile 226

Crowds, Crowds ... 233

Solitude on the Great Wall 237

Tom Bissell in Central Asia 242

Obsessed with the Never-lost Inca 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0195160916

9780195160918

OCLC:

62593609

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