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"These 27 readings are concerned with the phenomenon of man, as revealed in his artifacts. The earliest of these discovered artifacts (the stone deposits found by Leakey at Olduvai Gorge) are some two million years old; the written history of man encompasses approximately the past 5000 years. An understanding of the organic and cultural evolution of man in prehistoric times is now seen to be at least as important (perhaps more so) to understanding...
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"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...
7) Before the flood: the biblical flood as a real event and how it changed the course of civilization
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The great Biblical flood described in Genesis has long been a subject of fascination and speculation. In the 19th century the English archbishop James Ussher established it as having happened in the year 2348 B.C., calculating what was then taken as the age of the earth and working backward through the entire series of Biblical "begats." Proof of the flood, which is an element of so many creation myths, began in earnest when archaeology started connecting...
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Civilizations of the ancient Near East presents this enormously rich world from a variety of perspectives. It describes the physical world of the ancient Near East, evaulates the impact of ancient near eastern civilizations on succeeding cultures, and reconstructs its cultural contexts based on archaeological findings and the deciphering of documents. The set consists of 189 artciles organized in eleven parts, enhanced by 46 maps and 612 photographs...
12) The first cities
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An account of the earliest prehistoric cities unearthed by recent archeological expeditions in the Near East.
14) Baker encyclopedia of Bible places: towns & cities, countries & states, archaeology & topography
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The Baker Encyclopedia of Bible Places is a major reference and resource book for the topography and archaeology of Bible times. Listing alphabetically all the main towns and cities, villages and settlements, streams and rivers, countries and states mentioned in the Bible, it is fully illustrated in color throughout. The fruit of the specialist knowledge of more than seventy scholars, the text reflects the latest in archaeological and biblical studies....
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In conjunction with the 2008-9 exhibition Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a series of lectures brought together major international scholars in a variety of fields concerned with the worlds of the Near East and the eastern Mediterranean in the middle and late Bronze Ages. Interconnections among these rich and complex civilizations extending from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean...
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