Title & Author:

Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land / compiled by the Archaeological Institute of America.

Publication:

New York : Bonanza Books, [1967]
©1967

Description:

xv, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / James B. Pritchard -- Archaeological Periods of the Holy Land.
Before the Bible : The dawn of history in southern Palestine / Jean Perrot -- Beidha : an early neolithic village in Jordan / Diana Kirkbride -- Jericho : oldest walled town / Kathleen M. Kenyon -- The Cave of the Treasure / Pessah Bar-Adon -- The cemetery at Bab edh-Dhraʹ, Jordan / Paul W. Lapp -- A Canaanite-Hyksos city at Tell Nagila / Ruth Amiran, A. Eitan -- Rock engravings in the central Negev / Emmanuel Anati.
Biblical cities and temples : The rise and fall of Hazor / Yigael Yadin -- Excavations at the Oasis of Engedi / Benjamin Mazar -- The Citadel of Ramat Rahel / Yohanan Aharoni -- Arad : an early Bronze Age city and a Biblical citadel / Ruth Amiran, Yohanan Aharoni -- A reconstruction of Solomon's Temple / Paul Leslie Garber -- Jaffa's history revealed by the spade / J. Kaplan -- Six campaigns at Biblical Shechem / James F. Ross, Lawrence E. Toombs -- Ashdod : a city of the Philistine Pentapolis / Moshe Dothan -- Gibeon : where the sun stood still / James B. Pritchard.
Post-Biblical Palestine : The Nabataeans in Petra / Crystal M. Bennett -- The scrolls from the Judaean Desert / Frank M. Cross, Jr. -- Masada : a zealot fortress / Yigael Yadin -- The Necropolis of Beth Sheʹarim / N. Avigad -- Castles in Zin / Harris Dunscombe Colt -- The Umayyad Palace of Khirbat al-Mafjar / Oleg Grabar -- The Hospice of the Knights of St. John in Akko / Zeev Goldmann.

Subject:

Bible Antiquities.
Bible Antiquités.
Bible.
Archaeology.
Antiquities History.
Archéologie.
archaeology.
Antiquities.
Israel Antiquities.
Jordan Antiquities.
Israël Antiquités.
Jordanie Antiquités.
Israel.
Jordan.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Archaeological Institute of America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63364
Call No.: W11607; ID:85-B825
Status: Available