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This classic is a wide survey of major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East and also focuses on the findings of Egypt, Sumer and Indus Valley Civilizations.V. Gordon Childe was a remarkable man who is considered the father of modern archaeology who specialised in the study of European prehistory. A vocal socialist,Childe accepted the socio-economic theory of Marxism and was an early, though unorthodox, proponent of Marxist archaeology.