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BURIED CITIES

BURIED CITIES

by Jennie Hall

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Author
Hall, Jennie, 1875-1921
Title
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae (Complete)
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
DE: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: The Mediterranean Region, The Greco-Roman World
Subject
Mycenae (Extinct city)
Category
Text
eBook-No.
9628
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9628
Release Date
August 10, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BURIED CITIES — BURIED CITIES — BY
  2. 2.JENNIE HALL
  3. 3.FOREWORD: TO BOYS AND GIRLS
  4. 4.CONTENTS — POMPEII — Pictures of Pompeii: — OLYMPIA — Pictures of Olympia — MYCENÆ — Pictures of Mycenæ — POMPEII
  5. 5.THE GREEK SLAVE AND THE LITTLE ROMAN BOY
  6. 6.VESUVIUS
  7. 7.POMPEII TO-DAY
  8. 8.PICTURES OF POMPEII — A ROMAN BOY. — THE CITY OF NAPLES, WITH MOUNT VESUVIUS ACROSS THE BAY. — VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION, FROM AN AIRPLANE. — POMPEII FROM AN AIRPLANE. — THE STABIAN GATE. — IN THE STREET OF TOMBS. — THE AMPHITHEATER. — RUINS OF THE GREAT STABIAN BATHS. — THE RUINED TEMPLE OF APOLLO. — THE SCHOOL OF THE GLADIATORS. — THE SMALLER THEATER. — A SACRIFICE. — A SCENE IN THE FORUM. — IVORY HAIRPINS. — APPLIANCES FOR THE BATH. — PERISTYLE OF THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII. — LADY PLAYING A HARP. — KITCHEN OF THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII. — KITCHEN UTENSILS. — CENTAUR CUP. — THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET (restored). — THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET (as it looks to-day). — MOSAIC OF WATCH DOG. — THE HOUSE OF DIOMEDE. — RUINS OF A BAKERY, WITH MILLSTONES. — SECTION OF A MILL. — PORTRAIT OF LUCIUS CÆCILIUS JUCUNDUS. — BRONZE CANDLEHOLDER. — THE DANCING FAUN. — HERMES IN REPOSE. — THE ARCH OF NERO. — OLYMPIA — TWO WINNERS OF CROWNS
  9. 9.HOW A CITY WAS LOST
  10. 10.PICTURES OF OLYMPIA — ENTRANCE TO STADION. — GYMNASIUM. — BOYS IN GYMNASIUM. — THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS. — THE LABORS OF HERAKLES. — THE STATUE OF VICTORY. — THE TEMPLE OF HERA. — HEAD OF AN ATHLETE. — A GREEK HORSEMAN. — MYCENÆ — HOW A LOST CITY WAS FOUND
  11. 11.PICTURES OF MYCENAE — THE CIRCLE OF ROYAL TOMBS. — DR. AND MRS. SCHLIEMANN AT WORK. — THE GATE OF LIONS. — INSIDE THE TREASURY OF ATREUS. — THE INTERIOR OF THE PALACE. — GOLD MASK. — A COW’S HEAD OF SILVER. — THE WARRIOR VASE. — BRONZE HELMETS. — GEM FROM MYCENAE. — BRONZE DAGGERS. — CARVED IVORY HEAD. — BRONZE BROOCHES. — ONE OF THE CUPS FOUND AT VAPHIO. — PLATES. — GOLD ORNAMENT. — MYCENAE IN THE DISTANCE.

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