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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 …

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A Visit To Ancient Heshbon, Lawrence T. Geraty Oct 1975

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 …

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The Anatomy Of The Heshbon "Dig", Lawrence T. Geraty Sep 1975

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.

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Story Of Heshbon Expedition 1967-1974, Lawrence T. Geraty Sep 1975

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, …

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The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 2), Lawrence T. Geraty Feb 1975

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 Jan 1975

The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon, 1974 (Part 1), Lawrence T. Geraty

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The 1974 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Lawrence T. Geraty Jan 1975

The 1974 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Lawrence T. Geraty

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The '73 Dig Yields Its Treasures, Siegfried H. Horn Mar 1974

The '73 Dig Yields Its Treasures, Siegfried H. Horn

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THE FISHPOOL in Heshbon. During the third season of excavations at Heshbon, we uncovered a most intriguing Iron Age structure in Area B on the shelf just below the acropolis. About 30 feet under- neath the present surface and under a 15-foot-deep fill, containing mainly pottery of the Iron H Age and the Persian period, a layer of plaster one foot thick was discovered almost as hard as concrete.

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Third Season Of Heshbon, Siegfried H. Horn Mar 1974

Third Season Of Heshbon, Siegfried H. Horn

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READERS of the REVIEW have been kept informed of the two previous archeological expeditions of Andrews University to Tell Hesban in Jordan, the site of the Biblical Heshbon, conducted in the summers of 1968 and 1971 (see REVIEW, Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 1969, and Dec. 30, 1971, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, 1972). Thus it will not be necessary to repeat the history of this ancient city from Biblical and other sources, nor relate the methods employed in excavating its ruins.

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The Work Of The Heshbon Survey Team, 1973, S. Douglas Waterhouse Feb 1974

The Work Of The Heshbon Survey Team, 1973, S. Douglas Waterhouse

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The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon 1973, Siegfried H. Horn, Lawrence T. Geraty Jan 1974

The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon 1973, Siegfried H. Horn, Lawrence T. Geraty

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The 1973 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Sigfried H. Horn Jan 1974

The 1973 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Sigfried H. Horn

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The Anatomy Of The Heshbon "Dig", Lawrence T. Geraty

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Story Of Heshbon Expedition 1967-1974, Lawrence T. Geraty

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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

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The 1974 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Lawrence T. Geraty

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The '73 Dig Yields Its Treasures, Siegfried H. Horn

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Third Season Of Heshbon, Siegfried H. Horn

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The Work Of The Heshbon Survey Team, 1973, S. Douglas Waterhouse

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The Excavations At Biblical Heshbon 1973, Siegfried H. Horn, Lawrence T. Geraty

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The 1973 Season Of Excavations At Tell Hesban, Sigfried H. Horn

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