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Accidents of an antiquary's life

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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The author recounts travels and fieldwork across classical Mediterranean and Near Eastern landscapes, blending vivid site descriptions with accounts of excavations, logistical difficulties, and personal mishaps. Chapters move between coastal and inland ruins, fens, and valleys, offering observations on monuments, local customs, companions, and the practical methods of surveying and digging. Interspersed are reflections on scholarly apprenticeship and episodic adventures, accompanied by photographic illustrations that record both discoveries and the daily challenges of exploring ancient sites.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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FRENCH CORPORAL DRILLING CRETAN VILLAGE GUARDS (1898) Frontispiece
THE WHITE CLIFFS OF HIERAPOLIS 6
THE VALLEY OF THE PONTIC LYCUS AT SUNRISE 18
A WRECKED MOSLEM VILLAGE OF CRETE 25
LYCIAN TOMBS 48
THE THEATRE OF MYRA 49
THE REPUTED TOMB OF ST. NICHOLAS AT MYRA 52
THE SAND-CHOKED THEATRE OF PATARA 54
THE DESPOILED HARPY TOMB 62
BLACKENED STUMPS AND PITS 67
SPONGE BOATS IN ZAKRO BAY 79
A BRIDAL BOWER AT GAIF 92
AN OLD FEN VILLAGE 99
THE LONE CONVENT OF GEMIANA 100
A FEN FISHERMAN 102
THE NORTHERNMOST HAMLET 105
CAMELS LOADING AT BALTIM 106
HALF BURIED PALM-FOREST, BALTIM 107
THE UTOWANA AT CNIDUS 108
PHASELIS AND TAKHTALY 113
THE THEATRE OF ASPENDUS 118
IN THE THEATRE OF ASPENDUS 119
TURKS IN THE CORRIDOR AT ASPENDUS 120
THE THEATRE OF SIDÉ 121
THE ROCK ROAD FROM APOLLONIA TO CYRENE 126
TOMBS OF CYRENE 127
THE MUDIR OF CYRENE 129
THE APOLLO FOUNTAIN 133
BEDAWIS OF THE BENI HAASA 135
APOLLONIA IN STORM 138
RIGGING THE GREAT PUMP AT EPHESUS 150
THE TREASURE SPOT AND PUMPS 151
A SEALED GRAVE-DOOR 155
MODELS OF SERVANTS AT THEIR WORK BESIDE A COFFIN 158
EUPHRATES FROM THE MOUND OF CARCHEMISH 160
THE SAJUR VALLEY AT SUNSET FROM TELL BASHAR 164
TELL AHMAR ACROSS EUPHRATES 171
A EUPHRATEAN FERRY 173
HITTITE INSCRIPTION AT TELL AHMAR 174
FALLEN LION OF SHALMANESER II. AT TELL AHMAR 175