| Author: | (Pr) Albrecht Mueller | ISBN: | 9782366591545 |
| Publisher: | Editions Le Mono | Publication: | March 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Editions Le Mono | Language: | English |
| Author: | (Pr) Albrecht Mueller |
| ISBN: | 9782366591545 |
| Publisher: | Editions Le Mono |
| Publication: | March 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Editions Le Mono |
| Language: | English |
“In a fine contrasting of Europe's wealth of historic memorials with his own country's yet new civilization, Washington Irving says of the former country, "Its every stone is a chronicle." The remark is true, applied, as he meant it to be, to our older cities with their ancient edifices and defenses. But, belonging to a yet remoter past, are the remains of Roman and Celtic arts and architecture; and in the pile-dwellings of our lakes and peat-beds we have relics of the Stone and Bronze eras, the beginnings of which lie beyond the reach of even tradition.”
The First Traces of Man in Europe; - the age of mammoths - the age of polished stone - the age of bronze - the age of iron ...
“In a fine contrasting of Europe's wealth of historic memorials with his own country's yet new civilization, Washington Irving says of the former country, "Its every stone is a chronicle." The remark is true, applied, as he meant it to be, to our older cities with their ancient edifices and defenses. But, belonging to a yet remoter past, are the remains of Roman and Celtic arts and architecture; and in the pile-dwellings of our lakes and peat-beds we have relics of the Stone and Bronze eras, the beginnings of which lie beyond the reach of even tradition.”
The First Traces of Man in Europe; - the age of mammoths - the age of polished stone - the age of bronze - the age of iron ...
