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Sto caricando le informazioni... Citadels of Mystery (1946)di L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook De Camp
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. (original title Ancient Ruins and Archaeology) Reading Ancient Engineers inspired me to dig out and reread my copy of Citadels of Mystery (and log it into LibraryThing as it wasn't already logged). A useful gaming reference especially for pulp era games; the book describes 12 sites, debunks various myths associated with them and speculates on their actual history and purpose. The sites covered are: Atlantis and the City of Silver Pyramid Hill and the Claustrophobic King Stonehenge and the Giants' Dance Troy and the Nine Cities Ma'rib and the Queen of Sheba Zimbabwe and King Solomon's Mines Tintagel and the Table Round Angkor and the Golden Window Tikal and the Feathered Elephants Machu Picchu and the Unwalled Fortress Nan Matol and the Sacred Turtle Rapa Nui and the Eyeless Watchers Again, an old book (originally published in 1964), with a post script which probably dates from the 1972 reprint. This adds the Santorini connection to the Atlantis legend, and adds more on the Stonehenge calendar theory. I found the writing style to be more accessible than Ancient Engineers. For what it does, fine, but as with Ancient Engineers don't expect any in-depth exposition. It reads rather like a Ken Hite column, especially from Suppressed Transmission although with more Theosophy etc than Antarctic Space Nazis. Also reminscent of the more recent Osprey titles along the same lines. de Camp looks at twelve ancient sites around the world and talks about the myths (and some of the more "crackpot" theories) that have been built up around them; the history of their discoveries; the explorers, antiquarians and archaeologists involved; and tries too present as good an explanation for their existence as he can. I'm sure that other people have written at greater length about all the places but as a brief overview this does work very well. I had heard of eleven of the twelve sites before (the only exception was Nan Matol, in the Caroline Islands) and I can't really quibble with what he has to say about them. The only issue is that this was published in the 1960's, originally, and archaeology and thoughts have moved on since then, but I still enjoyed it. My copy is from 1972 and includes a postscript about further thoughts on Atlantis and Stonehenge following some more archaeological discoveries. I'm sure that if there is a more up-to-date version it would be worth tracking down. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Two stars for the inclusion of Great Zimbabwe and Nan Madol, fascinating archaeological sites about which relatively little has been written. ( )