Land of Lost Gods: The Search for Classical Greece

achievement acquired Acropolis already ancient antiquities appeared archaeological architect architecture arrived artists Athens beauty became become began British Museum buildings called century Chapter classical collection columns Constantinople copy Cyriac described detailed discovery drawings early Elgin England English excavation feet figures followed four French further German Greece Greek hand head Homer important inscriptions interest island Italy journey King later learned least less letter lions Lord lost Lysippus marbles monuments Museum nature never observed obtain offered Olympia once painting Parthenon Pausanias perhaps pieces present published remains remarkable removed Roman Rome Ross ruins scarcely Schliemann scholars sculptures seems seen Society Spon statues stone stood taste temple things thought took travellers treasures Troy Turkish Turks turned visited volume walls wrote