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SIR AUREL STEIN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORER Jeannette Mirsky 1998 New Paperback
By Mirsky, Jeannette
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Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1998. 585 pp, b/w photos. New paperback.
A man who advanced human knowledge on many fronts, Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose. Jeannette Mirsky has here drawn from Stein's books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist.
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