Travels and Discoveries in the Levant: Volume 2

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)

9781108017435, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2010

336 pages, 37 b/w illus. 10 colour illus. 6 maps
21.6 x 1.9 x 14 cm, 0.43 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 2 describes his discovery and excavation of this legendary building.

30. Recruiting for Land Transport Corps
31. Visit to Ayasso and Plumari
32. Taking of Sebastopol
33. Visit to Constantinople
34. Cruise in the Medusa
35. Castle at Budrum
36. Arrival of the Gorgon at Budrum
37. Discovery of Roman mosaic pavements in Field of Hadji Captan
38. Discovery of the site of the Mausoleum
39. Turkish wrestlers
40. Further excavations on site of Mausoleum
41. Discovery of Eastern peribolos wall
42. Visit to Branchidae
43. Establishment at Cnidus
44. Description of the site of Cnidus
45. Final excavations on site of Mausoleum
46. Discovery of colossal lion near Cnidus
47. Description of the Doric tomb
48. Second visit to Branchidae
49. Temple of Venus
50. Triopion promontory
51. Eastern necropolis
52. Return of Lieut. Smith
52. Visit of H. R. H. Prince Alfred to Cnidus and Budrum in the Euryalus
Notes.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]