Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

by Eric H Cline and Eric H. Cline

Book Overview

A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

In 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo--Armageddon in the New Testament--which the Bible says was fortified by King Solomon. Their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166323
• ISBN13: 9780691166322
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"