Digging Up Armageddon (eBook)

The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

Eric H. Cline (Autor)

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2020
432 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20044-6 (ISBN)

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A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization CollapsedIn 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. Their excavations made headlines around the world and shed light on one of the most legendary cities of biblical times, yet little has been written about what happened behind the scenes. Digging Up Armageddon brings to life one of the most important archaeological expeditions ever undertaken, describing the site and what was found there, including discoveries of gold and ivory, and providing an up-close look at the internal workings of a dig in the early years of biblical archaeology.The Chicago team left behind a trove of writings and correspondence spanning more than three decades, from letters and cablegrams to cards, notes, and diaries. Eric Cline draws on these materials to paint a compelling portrait of a bygone age of archaeology. He masterfully sets the expedition against the backdrop of the Great Depression in America and the growing troubles and tensions in British Mandate Palestine. He gives readers an insider's perspective on the debates over what was uncovered at Megiddo, the infighting that roiled the expedition, and the stunning discoveries that transformed our understanding of the ancient world.Digging Up Armageddon is the enthralling story of an archaeological site in the interwar years and its remarkable place at the crossroads of history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 51 b/w illus. 3 tables. 2 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: 1948 Palestine war • Absolute dating • accountant • Accounting • advisory board • aerial photography • Afula • Agriculture • Ahab • aisle • Akhenaten • Alabaster • Amarna • Amenhotep III • American Schools of Oriental Research • Antibiotics • antiquarian • Antiquities • Antony Beevor • Aqaba • arabs • archaeology • Archive • archivist • Bathroom • bead • Bible Map and Spade • Biblical Archaeology • Biography • Book • books of Samuel • Bronze Age • burial • Canaan • Canaanite languages • Canaanites • Capitalism • Carchemish • Career • Catholic Church • chalcolithic • Checkbook • City of • COD • Consciousness • cooking • Council of Trent • courtesy • Criticism • Crowfoot • cupboard • curator • Current World Archaeology • cyrus the great • Dead Sea Scrolls • death threat • debt • Defensive wall • Devaluation • digging • dining room • disaster • Djehutihotep • Edith Hall • egyptians • Eran • Excavation (archaeology) • exploration • Finding • First Jewish–Roman War • Flinders Petrie • Foreword • French army • Funding • Geb • geologist • Gerald Lankester Harding • Gezer • Giza • gold leaf • Gottlieb Schumacher • Grand Palace • Great Temple • Haganah • hanging • Hazor • Headline • Hebrew University of Jerusalem • Heinrich Schliemann • His Family • historical figure • Historicity • hoard • Hot Dog • Howard Carter • human dimension • Humboldt University of Berlin • Humour • Immanuel (town) • inference • In situ • Intention • International education • interpersonal relationship • Irish Catholic • Iron Age • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israel Finkelstein • israelites • James Henry Breasted • Jericho • Jeroboam II • Jews • jezebel • Jezreel Valley • Jodi Magness • Josiah • Kathleen Kenyon • Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) • King Tut’s tomb • laborer • lapis lazuli • Lecture • Linguistics • Los Angeles Review of Books • Lunch • Malaria • Mamluk • Mandatory Palestine • Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama) • Masada • material culture • Max Mallowan • McCormick Theological Seminary • meal • Megaron • Memorial Plaque (medallion) • Mesha Inscription • Millo • modern language • Mount Gilboa • Mr. • Mrs. • Mudbrick • Mycenae • Nablus • Near East • Near Eastern Archaeology • Nelson Glueck • Neolithic • new kingdom of egypt • newspaper • new york harbor • Nippur • nuzi • Onager (weapon) • outcrop • pharaoh • Philistines • Philosopher • photography • piety • Pope • popularity • Pottery • Practical reason • Protestantism • Publication • quinine • Rachel Hallote • railcar • Robert Dale Owen • Rockefeller • Rockefeller family • Ruler • Sacred king • salary • Sarah Parcak • Saver (manhwa) • self-consciousness • Sentience • Sherd • Shishak • Shivering • Silver coin • Social Group • Solomon's Stables • Solomon’s Stables • Spread of Islam • stairs • stonemasonry • Stratigraphy • Suggestion • Tea (meal) • Tel Aviv • Tel Aviv University • Tel Dan Stele • Tell en-Nasbeh • Temple mount • Tepe Gawra • termination of employment • Thanksgiving dinner • The Egyptian Gazette • The House of the Lord • The New York Times • theory • The Other Hand • The Times • The Various • Thutmose III • Tiberias • Tierra del Fuego • tomb • Toulon • Trench • Tutankhamun • Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt • undergraduate degree • Via Maris • Wadi Ara • William Foxwell Albright • World War I • World War II • Writing • Writing implement • year • Yigael Yadin
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20044-0 / 0691200440
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20044-6 / 9780691200446