Light from the East Or the Witness of the Monuments 1899

An introduction to the study of biblical archaeology with over 200 illustrations throughout the text. Contents: Mesopotamian documents which illustrate Genesis; Asiatics in Egypt; Egypt and Syria; Pharaohs in Syria; Israel in Egypt, scenes from Egyptian life; the Exodus; Old Testament ethnography; so-called monuments of the Hittites; Assyrian warfare and military engines; Sennacherib; ancient monuments of the period of the captivity of Judah; Phoenician monuments.