Travels and Discoveries in the Levant

An account from 1865 of archaeologist C. T. Newton's travels and excavations on the coast of Turkey between 1852 and 1859.

Charles Thomas Newton (Author)

9781108017428, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2010

416 pages, 22 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 3 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg

C. T. Newton (1816–1894) was a British archaeologist whose great interest was in Greek and Roman artefacts. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, before joining the British Museum as an assistant in the Antiquities Department. Newton left the Museum in 1852 to explore the coasts and islands of Asia Minor, returning in 1861 as Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. First published in 1865, these volumes contain an account of his travels and archaeological investigations around the Aegean and the coast of Turkey between 1852 and 1859. Using a series of letters written during his travels, Newton describes his archaeological discoveries together with valuable observations on contemporary Greek and Turkish culture. He also provides an account of his excavation of the tomb of Mausolus of Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Volume 1, covering 1852–1855, contains descriptions of Athens and the Aegean.

Introduction
1. Departure from England
2. Athens
3. Constantinople
4. Description of Mytilene
5. The Archbishop of Mytilene
6. A Turkish Mejlis
7. A Levantine steamer
8. Eresos
9. Arrival of Mr. J. E. Blunt
10. Arrival of Ali Nehad Effendi
11. Visit to Salonica and the Troad
12. First impressions of Rhodes
13. Ancient Rhodes
14. Visit to Monastery of Zambika
15. My muleteer Panga
16. A cruise with Mr. Finlay to Scio
17. Tour in Rhodes
18. Visit to Cos in the Sampson
19. Arrival of Lord Carlisle in the Firebrand
20. Preparations for war with Russia
21. Trianda
22. Return to Turkey via Athens
23. A Cruise to Tenedos with Ismael Pasha
24. The Courban Bairam
25. Departure for Calymnos
26. Rhodes
27. Calymniote divers
28. Excavations on an Acropolis
29. Manoli the Cassiote
Appendix
Notes.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]