A review by sam8834
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology by C. W. Ceram

4.0

A great overview. I wish there was more detail about the digs themselves, but Ceram weaves an engaging, accessible narrative on a wide breadth of world history. I found it fascinating (and so dismaying!) how many artifacts were stolen, damaged, misplaced, etc., mostly after falling into the wrong hands, as well as how so many sites were tampered with. Reading enough of those stories makes you start to twitch, after a while. Overall, anyone looking for a basic history of world archaeology will find this book very fulfilling.