Holy Land

Archaeology on Either Side

edited by Alessandro Coniglio and Amedeo Ricco

Book cover: Holy Land

Extent: 416 pages

Publisher: Edizioni Terra Santa

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Art & Art History, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Collectio maior

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2020)

ISBN: 9788862408189

Price: $120.00

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The title of the volume may be a little perplexing: Archaeology on Either Side. But on either side of what? The picture we chose for the front cover might give an indication of the answer. This image shows two sides of the River Jordan – the Israeli side and the Jordanian side – both part of the Holy Land! Or we might understand the “either side” of our topic in another way, that is, archaeology both as the study of artifacts and archaeology as the study of literary sources. In the contributions the reader will find all these topics and much more: essays on excavations or archaeological findings in the Holy Land as defined above, and essays on literary sources linked to the history of the ancient Near East, especially in the time of the Christian/Common Era (CE). The book is made up of three main sections: “Excavations and Topographical Surveys”; “Architecture, Decorations, and Art”; “Epigraphy and Sigillography”. Some articles touch on more than one specific section, so they may be found between sections.

  • Edited by Alessandro Coniglio
  • Edited by Amedeo Ricco