Troy on display : scepticism and wonder at Schliemann's first exhibition /

This book explores what visitors saw at the Trojan exhibition and why its contents, including treasure, plain pottery and human remains captured imaginations and divided opinions. When Schliemann's Trojan collection was first exhibited in 1877, no one had seen anything like it. Schliemann claim...

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Main Author: Baker, Abigail, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
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