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Digging up armageddon : the search for the Lost City of Solomon /

"In 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo--Armageddon in the New Testament--which the Bible says was fortified by King Solomon. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cline, Eric H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface : "Welcome to Armageddon"
  • Prologue : "Have Found Solomon's Stables"
  • Part One : 1920-1926
  • Chapter I : "Please Accept My Resignation"
  • Chapter II : "He Must Knock Off or You Will Bury Him"
  • Chapter III : "A Fairly Sharp Rap on the Knuckles"
  • Chapter IV : "We Have Already Three Distinct Levels"
  • Part Two : 1927-1934
  • Chapter V : "I Really Need a Bit of a Holiday"
  • Chapter VI : "They Can Be Nothing Else Than Stables"
  • Chapter VII : "Admonitory but Merciful"
  • Chapter VIII : "The Tapping of the Pickmen"
  • Chapter IX : "The Most Sordid Document"
  • Chapter X : "Either a Battle or an Earthquake"
  • Part Three : 1935-1939
  • Chapter XI : "A Rude Awakening"
  • Chapter XII : "The Director is Gone"
  • Chapter XIII : "You Asked for the Sensational"
  • Chapter XIV : "A Miserable Death Threat"
  • Chapter XV : "The Stratigraphical Skeleton"
  • Part Four : 1940-2020
  • Chapter XVI : "Instructions Had Been Given to Protect This Property"
  • Epilogue : "Certain Digging Areas Remain Incompletely Excavated"
  • Cast of Characters: Chicago Expedition Staff and Spouses
  • Year by Year List of Chicago Expedition Staff plus Major Events
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.