The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, Volume 2Eric M. Meyers, American Schools of Oriental Research "This comprehensive five-volume work analyzes the archaeological and linguistic data that pertain to the broad cultural milieu of the ancient Near East, the crossroads of three of the world's most influential religions -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ranging from prehistoric times up to the early centuries of the rise of Islam, the work covers the civilizations of Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, Arabia, Cyprus, Egypt, and the coastal regions of North and East Africa. It includes 1,125 alphabetically arranged entries on sites, languages, material culture, archaeological methods, organizations and institutions, and major excavators and scholars of the field. This one-of-a-kind, accessibly written reference brings new breadth to the study of archaeology in the biblical world, making it a valuable resource not only to scholars and students of archaeology, but also to those with an interest in ancient art and architecture, languages, history, and religion." -- Alibris.com. |
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Anatolia ancient Antiquities Arabic Aramaic archaeological architectural Assyrian biblical BIBLIOGRAPHY Bronze Age building built burial Byzantine Cave century BCE ceramic Chalcolithic Christian church city wall construction Coptic courtyard cult culture cuneiform Cypriot Cyprus Dead Sea Dead Sea Scrolls decorated dynasty East eastern Ebla edited Egypt Egyptian Elamite Empire Euphrates evidence excavated Fatimid fortifications Fustat Galilee gate Golan Greek Hazor Hebrew Hellenistic houses important inscriptions Iran Iron Age Islamic Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jordan Khirbet king known land Late Bronze Age located material Megiddo Mesopotamia Middle Bronze millennium monuments mound Museum Neolithic northern Oriental Research palace Palestine Persian period phase Phoenician pottery Qumran region remains Roman period rooms royal Sasanian Schools of Oriental Scrolls Semitic settlement southern stone stratum structures Studies survey Susa Syria tablets Tell temple texts tion tombs Ugarit urban Uruk village Wadi western