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  • Seller image for Archaeology November/December 1990 Volume 43 Number 6 - Lure of the Holy Land for sale by Argyl Houser, Bookseller

    No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. The magazine is spotless and shows no signs of wear or damage except for the back cover which is spotless but has a few small tears, creases and scratches along the left edge. It will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Lure of the Holy Land" (A century of archaeology has radically altered our understanding of the world of the Bible.and raised some difficult challenges for the century ahead) by Neil Asher Silverman with photographs by Richard T. Nowitz; "Heinrich Schliemann: The Man Behind the Masks" (A new study of Schliemann's letters and diaries reveals a complex and unpredictable genius obsessed with Homer and the ancient Greeks long before he began excavating at Troy and Mycenae) by David T. Turner; "The Southwest's Remarkable Mimbres People" by Stephen H. Lekson; "Life Among the Mimbres: Excavating the NAN Ruin" by Harry J. Shafer; "Looting and the Law: The View from New Mexico" by Lynne Sebastian; "Dining with the Ancients" (What the literary and archaeological records tell us about Roman cooking, plus a sample feast for seven to tempt the amateur chef this Holiday Season) by Edith Evans; "Ceramic Treasures of Japan" by Richard Pearson; "Plying the Red Sea" (A fifteen-day expedition highlights ancient sites in Yemen, the Sudan, Jordan and Egypt) by Mark Rose; "Planning Your 1991 Archaeological Cruise" compiled by Spencer P. M. Harrington; "Timelines: Tracking the First Americans" by Brian Fagan; "Newsbriefs" (Slave Life at Mount Vernon, Marcus Aurelius Dethroned, Saving the Sphinx, Han Tomb Discovery); "Books: Between Past and Present" reviewed by Douglas V. Campana and Pamela J. Crabtree; "Forum: Shipwrecks in Space" by Donald Keith plus "In this Issue"; "From the President"; "Letters"; "Current Exhibitions"; "Further Reading" and "The Authors".