Archaeology in the 'Land of Tells and Ruins': A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer

by Bart Wagemakers

Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the cole Biblique et Arch ologique Fran aise in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953-4 visited many archaeological sites in the area of present-day Israel and the Palestinian Territories. These documents inspired 20 internationally-renowned scholars - many of whom excavated at the sites they describe - to report on what we know today of nine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782972455
• ISBN13: 9781782972457
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.2"