René Kopecký, Bedřich Hrozný, Life and Work

An English edition of a book about a world-renowned archaeologist and orientalist, the man who deciphered the Hittite script and helped found the Oriental Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
The author traces his life in vivid detail, from his successes and archaeological expeditions in Syria and Turkey between the wars to the hardships he faced during and after the Second World War.

258 pages, 125 x 200 cm