Lost and Found: The 9,000 Treasures of Troy ; Heinrich Schliemann and the Gold that Got Away
New York: Viking Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
THE TREASURE OF TROY — UNEARTHED BY SCHLIEMANN, LOST IN WAR, AND REDISCOVERED IN MOSCOW.
Caroline Moorehead traces the extraordinary history of Heinrich Schliemann and the thousands of objects he excavated at Troy, following the celebrated discoveries from nineteenth-century archaeology through war, disappearance, and their eventual reemergence in Russia.
SCHLIEMANN, TROY, AND THE FATE OF PRIAM'S TREASURE.
Part biography, part archaeological history, and part investigation, the book examines Schliemann's pursuit of Homeric Troy, his controversial excavation methods, and the dispersal of the objects he uncovered. Moorehead then follows the treasures into the twentieth century, including their disappearance from Berlin at the end of World War II and subsequent revelation in Moscow. Contemporary reviews recognized the book's particular connection to the rediscovery and exhibition of the Trojan material in Russia during the 1990s.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF A CELEBRATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.
Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 inches tall. xii, 307 pages, with bibliography and index. Illustrated with two sections of plates, including photographs and historical material.
CONDITION: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. No flaws or blemishes beyond minimal shelf handling and a small spot on the lower text-block edge, not a remainder mark. Binding tight and square, text clean. Appears unread.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE — THE AFTERLIFE OF TROY'S TREASURE.
Schliemann's excavations at Troy occupy a pivotal, if controversial, place in the development of modern archaeology. Moorehead extends the story beyond the excavations themselves, making the subsequent movement and disputed ownership of the objects part of the history.
FROM SCHLIEMANN'S EXCAVATIONS TO THE SPOILS OF WAR.
The book appeared at a particularly relevant moment. After being missing for decades following World War II, substantial portions of the Trojan treasure were acknowledged to be in Russia and displayed at Moscow's Pushkin Museum in 1996. Moorehead therefore connects nineteenth-century archaeological discovery with twentieth-century wartime displacement and the continuing questions surrounding ownership and cultural patrimony.
SUBJECTS: Heinrich Schliemann, Troy, Priam's Treasure, Archaeological Discoveries, Ancient Civilizations, Archaeological Ethics, Cultural Property, Museum Collections, World War II, Looted Art, Archaeology, Biography, Archaeology, History, Biography, Cultural History, Art History.
Item #20870
ISBN: 0670856797
Price: $24.00
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