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'Teapot Dome' sheds new light on scandal
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THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL: HOW BIG OIL BOUGHT THE HARDING WHITE
HOUSE AND TRIED TO STEAL THE COUNTRY, by Laton McCartney, Random
House, 351 pages, $27
It has been a half-century since the last book-length study was
written of the Teapot Dome scandal that symbolized the massive
corruption of the administration of Republican President Warren G.
Harding. The author, an experienced financial and political writer,
seems a good choice for the task, especially in light of the
discovery of new documents from the Harding years.
For some time, historians have routinely grouped Harding with
U.S. Grant and ...
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Those beyond the walls: the Mycenaean era is known mostly for the great palaces at Mycenae, Pylos, and Tiryns. But what about the working people? It is necessary, and important, to look beyond the palace walls to find out how they lived.
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...cloth and clothes. Historians have learned this information from Linear B tablets found in palaces such as those at Pylos and Tiryns. The evidence clearly proves that most non-royals worked hard to earn their living, whether they were directly or indirectly...
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The LH IIIB-LH IIIC transition on the Mycenaean mainland: ceramic phases and terminology.
Magazine article from: Hesperia
; ...Furumark. (4) After the excavations at Tiryns and Mycenae in the 1950s, however, a...subdivisions of both LH IIIB1 and LH IIIB2 at Tiryns and Mycenae. (6) Mountjoy has recently...to the end of LH IIIB2 at Mycenae and Tiryns, or if it must be regarded as a stylistic...
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Hydra of Mythology Rooted in Reality, Researcher Asserts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...the region around the ancient cities of Tiryns and Lerna there was once a saltwater bay...Mycenaean decline. In the nearby city of Tiryns, Zangger has found evidence of another...the course of ancient civilization. At Tiryns, where the ancient temple has long been...
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Pascal Darcque. L'habitat mycenien: formes et functions de l'espace bati en Grece continentale a la fin du IIe millenaire avant J.-C.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity
; ...investigations at several major sites (Mycenae, Tiryns, Midea, Pylos) could not be included...buildings; the bulk come from Mycenae and Tiryns, but a substantial number from Nichoria...to-date general plans of Mycenae, Tiryns, Thebes and Gla; the map of Thebes...
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Excavations on the acropolis of Midea: results of the Greek-Swedish excavations -- the excavations of the lower terraces 1985-1991.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity
; ...large fortified Mycenaean site of the Argolid, with Mycenae and Tiryns. It is a lofty acropolis which offers a very fine view of the...map. Though not a major settlement on the model of Mycenae or Tiryns, it was surely an administr
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A deposit of Late Helladic IIIB1 pottery from Tsoungiza.(DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS)
Magazine article from: Hesperia
; ...Schonfeld has reported that they appear in LH IIIB early contexts at Tiryns. (172) In light of these considerations, along with the...present not only at Argivo-Corinthian sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, Zygouries, and Tsoungiza, but also at Nichoria in Messenia...
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Pictorial Library of Bible Lands
Magazine article from: Trinity Journal
; ...Isthmia, Meteora, Mt Olympus, Mycenae, Neapolis, Nicopolis, Olympia, Patmos, Philippi, scenes of Greece, Thessalonica, Tiryns. CD 10 Rome: Arch of Titus, basilicas of Rome, Church of St Paul Outside the Walls, Circus Maximus, Colosseum, Forum...
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Homer proves correct.(sites described by ancient Greek poet in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' discovered)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...before frustration forced him to leave. After briefly exploring other sites in the area, including the Mycenaean citadel of Tiryns, he returned to Troy. Heinrich Schliemann is pronounced HINE rik SHLEE-man The Trojan War was waged against the city of...
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On land and sea.(Minoan civilization and Mycenaen civilization)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...outlying settlements and palaces. For the rulers of Mycenae, these included the important palaces of Pylos and neighboring Tiryns. Minoan settlements stretched across Crete, and perhaps onto neighboring islands. Minoan trade routes crisscrossed the Mediterranean...
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LH III C chronology and synchronisms II LH III C middle; proceedings.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; ...Topics include pictorial pottery of LHIII C Middle and its antecedents, the post-palatial settlement in the lower citadel of Tiryns, and Lefkandi in late Helladic III C Middle. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. ([c]2009 Book News...
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