APY 104LEC—Great Sites in Archaeology and the Romantic Imagination

Examines the romantic element in archaeology in the great sites of the world, such as the Tomb of King Tutankhamen, Teotihuacan, Stonehenge, and Sutton Hoo. Since the sites cannot be separated from their romantic portrayals in popular culture, we also consider the archaeologists (real and fictional), reporters, and other experts who are associated with them.