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Schliemann

noun
1.
German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890).  Synonym: Heinrich Schliemann.





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"Schliemann" Quotes from Famous Books



... common to that coast, rescued a half-dead sailor, carried him to his father's house, and brought him back to a life of usefulness that gave the world a record of imperishable value. For the half-drowned sailor was Heinrich Schliemann, the famous explorer of the ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)
... spied a small T.O. in the corner. On the back I read that he couldn't get up to my rooms early or late enough to find me, so would I arrange to meet him at some museum or gallery the day but one following? I fixed on South Kensington Museum, by the "Schliemann" collection, at ...
— The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll • Stuart Dodgson Collingwood


Words linked to "Schliemann" :   archaeologist, archeologist


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