This 1859 monograph revolutionised the scholarly understanding of the ancient Near East by producing evidence that a... Læs mere
Lajos (Ludwig) Blau (1861–1936) was a professor of Talmud at the rabbinical seminary in Budapest. This 1898 book (reissued here in its 1914 second edition) was the first... Læs mere
This account of the Schomburgk brothers' expedition to British Guiana, to survey and collect, between... Læs mere
This account of the Schomburgk brothers' expedition to British Guiana, to survey and collect, between... Læs mere
This account of the Schomburgk brothers' expedition to British Guiana, to survey and collect, between... Læs mere
F. G. Welcker's attempt, first published in two volumes in 1835 and 1849, to recover the lost epics of the archaic period, and the conditions of their... Læs mere
The German ethnologist and explorer Koch-Grünberg (1872–1924) accounts for the origin and significance of rock art in South America in this 1907 publication. During an... Læs mere
In Volume 4 (1913) of this four-volume work, 22 of Usener's essays on the history of religion appear in chronological order. They include studies of the god Kallone, flood myths, John... Læs mere
Volume 3 (1914) of this four-volume work contains essays on Greek literary history and on the development of philology as a discipline, as well as reviews. Usener pinpoints the time... Læs mere
Volume 2 (1913) of this four-volume work is devoted to Usener's essays on Latin grammar and literature and also includes a selection of his reviews of publications by contemporaries... Læs mere
Volume 1 (1912) of Usener's posthumously published essays focuses on Greek philosophy and rhetoric, addressing such diverse topics as Theophrastus' legal writings and Epicurean sayings.... Læs mere
Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a businessman and self-taught archaeologist best known for discovering... Læs mere