The Xanthian Marbles : Their Acquisition, and Transmission to England
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
ISBN-10
1108080677
ISBN-13
9781108080675
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 2015
Print length
56 Pages
Weight
94 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.60 x 0.50 cms
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Archaeology by period / regionArchaeology by period / region
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The traveller and archaeologist Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) made several trips through Asia Minor, bringing the region to Western attention. Published in 1843, this is a brief account explaining and justifying how he acquired for the British Museum a number of antiquities from an important city in ancient Lycia.
The traveller and archaeologist Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) made several trips through Asia Minor. His careful observations of ancient cities that were at that time unknown to Europeans captured the attention of readers of his published journals and fuelled the British Museum's desire to acquire antiquities from the region. This brief work, first published in 1843, seeks to explain and justify how Fellows shipped dozens of cases of sculptures and architectural remains to Malta from Xanthos, an important city in ancient Lycia. It includes correspondence relating to the practicalities of carrying out the expedition and securing permission to do so from the Ottoman authorities. Fellows was later knighted for his role in these acquisitions, though controversy surrounds their removal. His well-illustrated accounts of his two previous trips to Asia Minor are also reissued in this series.
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