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Life At Ancient Heshbon, Lawrence T. Geraty
Life At Ancient Heshbon, Lawrence T. Geraty
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"WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT thing you found?" is the most common question that people ask of an archeologist when he returns from an expedition. The inquirer usually recalls pictures of objects from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, or of the Royal Cemetery at Ur, or perhaps even of the Dead Sea scrolls. But if one were to look for museum objects that have intrinsic value apart from their historical context, one certainly would not choose to dig in Palestine, whose peoples throughout history have been relatively poor when compared with the inhabitants of Egypt or Mesopotamia. Furthermore, the more …
A Visit To Ancient Heshbon, Lawrence T. Geraty
A Visit To Ancient Heshbon, Lawrence T. Geraty
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IF YOU SHOULD VISIT THE SITE of Andrews University's archeological excavations at Tell Hesban in Jordan, you would be in distinguished company. Among the many visitors we had during the 1974 season were several members of Jordan's royal family, including King Hussein's cousin, Prince Raad, who actually worked with us on two occasions. Other visitors included Jordan's former prime minister and elder statesman, Suleiman Nabulsi; the current Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Ghalab Barakat; and such members of the diplomatic corps as U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering. Among the many archeologists who paid a visit was Harvard Pro- fessor George Ernest …
The Anatomy Of The Heshbon "Dig", Lawrence T. Geraty
The Anatomy Of The Heshbon "Dig", Lawrence T. Geraty
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PEOPLE OFTEN WONDER what an archeological excavation costs and where all the money comes from. An American expedition now excavating at Idalion in Cyprus, for instance, spends more than $60,000 per season. Comparable expeditions often spend much more; rarely do they spend less. Yet the 1974 Andrews University expedition to Tell Hesban in Jordan, with 75 staff members and 150 workmen (more than twice as many as Idalion), cost less than $30,000. This was possible only through an extremely efficient and economical use of funds, and because individual staff members were responsible for their own travel costs to Jordan.
Story Of Heshbon Expedition 1967-1974, Lawrence T. Geraty
Story Of Heshbon Expedition 1967-1974, Lawrence T. Geraty
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FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED years, Seventh-day Adventist Bible teachers, authors, and evangelists have used the data provided by archeological research in the Near East to illuminate, bolster, and defend the faith. However, only within the past forty years, have a few Seventh-day Adventist scholars been trained in Palestinian field archeology. First among these were Dr. Lynn H. Wood, the Seventh-day Ad ventist Theological Seminary's first professor of archeology and the history of antiquity, who worked with Dr. Nelson Glueck at the Transjordanian sites of Khirbet Tannur (a Nabataean temple) and Tell el-Kheleifeh (Biblical Eziongeber), and Dr. Siegfried H. Horn, …
The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 2), Lawrence T. Geraty
The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 2), Lawrence T. Geraty
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The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 1), Lawrence T. Geraty
The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 1), Lawrence T. Geraty
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