The Passion of Max von Oppenheim : Archaeology and Intrigue in the Middle East from Wilhelm II to Hitler

• Autor principal: Lionel Gossman (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Open Book Publishers
• Materias: Biography & True Stories; Nazi history; Jewish history; Germany; anti-Semitism
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Born into a prominent German Jewish banking family, Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946) was a keen amateur archaeologist and ethnologist. His discovery and excavation of Tell Halaf in Syria marked an important contribution to knowledge of the ancient Middle East, while his massive study of the Bedou...