Introduction

Autor: Billie Melman
Rok vydání: 2020
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198824558.003.0001
Popis: In the archaeological seasons of 1937 and 1938, 34-year-old Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan excavated on Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria. Apprenticed at the lucrative archaeological expeditions to Ur and Nineveh, Mallowan was beginning to make a name for himself as an expert on Mesopotamia’s prehistory and as an efficient organizer. “The mighty mound” of Brak took a hold of his imagination and excited him....
Databáze: OpenAIRE