Dr. Schliemann and the Archaeological Value of His Discoveries (Classic Reprint)

The nineteenth century, and especially the latter half of it, will be memorable in all time for its archaeological discoveries. It may boast no single achievement equal to the unveiling of the buried cities of Campania, which gave us as in an instantaneous photograph, the very life of the ancients, moulds waiting only to be filled with plaster to repeat the forms and features of old inhabitants, the chicken broiling on the grill and the loaf baking in the oven, as well as breathing statues which adorned the houses and paintings on the walls with colors fresh as of yesterday. But even Herculaneum and Pompeii aJBT orded only fuller details in the knowledge of a civilization which we knew fairly well already :the discoveries of our age, while they have in like manner increased our former knowledge, have also revealed new epochs and widened the annals of time. They have been made in all those regions which were the famous seats of ancient civilization; each of them has thrown additional light on the results of all the others: they have made immortal the names of many great explorers ;but none are conneycted with more fascinating legends of epic and dramatic song, none are more important in their historical significance, and none have added greater lustre to the name of the explorer, than those conducted by our late associate. Dr. Heinrich Schliemann. In one of the most racy and romantic of autobiographies, Dr. Schliemann has himself recounted the very various experiences of his life, some of the salient points in which I will briefly mention.
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