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Records of the Past Volume 5. Records Of the Past Society

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Author: Records Of the Past Society
Page Count: 30 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d39ttiideeq0ys.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/1300/9781130024609.jpg
ISBN: 9781231051702
File Name: Records.of.the.Past.Volume.5.pdf
Download Link: Records of the Past Volume 5
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...that are obtained from excavations all over the Empire, here one will find the most significant discoveries from Babylonia, Palestine and Syria and of the numerous centers of Greek settlement in Asia Minor. Though the Government has been very generous in giving duplicates and objects of secondary interest to other museums in all parts of the world, Constantinople must be the center to which studentes will always have to go to get a comprehensive view of the explorations that are being carried on in the innumerable centers of ancient civilization in the Ottoman Empire. Cairo is a similar center for the preservation of the objects which have been found in the Egyptian tombs and temples, and now a costly building erected in the center of the city displays these in most accessible form. At Athens again one finds a National Museum, which is the pride of the city, while efforts are made all over the country to preserve the original objects which can remain in place. Coming to Italy one finds at Palermo, Naples, Rome and Florence, museums not only of mediaeval and classic art, but of that of prehistoric man. At Florence, especially, everything found of Etruscan remains is brought to the archaeological museum, which stands by itself and in many respects surpasses in interest the Pitti and Ufizzi galleries. On coming into France one finds peculiar interest in local museums. The Great Museum at St. Germain, of course, is preeminent, but in all provincial cities one will find local museums which are the pride of the people and serve an important purpose in strengthening the patriotic sentiment of the nation. We barely notice as having come under our own observation the museums at Amiens and Abbyville and Calais, and in Belgium those at Brussels and Leige. On crossing ...

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