Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Focuses on Greek and Roman historial interest in the cultures of the second and third millennia B.C.: Egyptians, Assyrians, Minoans and Myceanaeans. Explains that the historians were fascinated with Thutmose III whose name was inscribed in the temple at Karnak. Chronicles the discovery of Ebla by farmers and in 1975 the discovery of 17,000 cuneiform tablets. Describes how Heinrich Schliemann used the Iliad to uncover Troy. Related how he also unearth the Mycenaean city of Tiryns and found the "Tomb of Agamennon" at Mycenae.
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