6 edition of The secret of the royal mounds found in the catalog.
Published
1980
by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan in New York
.
Written in English
Relates the career of the archaeologist who uncovered the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh and who is credited with making archaeology a science.
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [63]
| Statement | Cynthia Jameson ; illustrated by Pat Cummings. |
| Contributions | Cummings, Pat. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | DS70.88.L3 J35 1980 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 62, [2] p. : |
| Number of Pages | 62 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL4736779M |
| ISBN 10 | 0698307100 |
| LC Control Number | 78026903 |
Gamla Uppsala. Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains: seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. The building beyond the mounds is the church and to its right is the low Ting-mound and then Gamla Uppsala museum. A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or kurgans, and may be found throughout much of the world.A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus.. Tumuli are often categorised according to their external apparent shape.
The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala, Ancient Pagan Site of Sweden The 11th century writer and historian, Adam of Bremen described Gamla Uppsala (meaning ‘Old Uppsala’) in Sweden as a pagan site where a temple dedicated to Thor, Odin and Freyr stood. Gyeongju was not only the political capital of the Silla kingdom but it was also its religious centre. Temples like the sprawling 8th-century CE Bulguksa complex, known as the ' Temple of the Buddha Land,' the Seokguram Grotto containing a huge statue of the Buddha, the Hwangnyong ('Temple of the Imperial Dragon').
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[Cynthia Jameson; Pat Cummings] -- Relates the career of the archaeologist who uncovered the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh and who is credited with making archaeology a science.
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Puzzled by their great size explorers and professional archaeologists have for hundreds of years attempted to penetrate their interior and wrestle secrets and treasures from the tombs. Dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries, the Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala have been shrouded in mystery for generations.
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