Artefacts

Money of the Bible by G.C. Williamson

Money of the Bible by G.C. Williamson

Today's free book is G.C. Williamson's The Money of the Bible, which discusses in detail money in the Old Testament,…

9 months ago

Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting by James Baikie

Today's free book is James Baikie's study of the history of the use of papyrus as a writing material. This…

1 year ago

Bible and Archaeology by Frederic G. Kenyon

Sir Frederic George Kenyon. Photograph by Lafayette. Today's free book is The Bible and Archaeology by Frederic G. Kenyon, Director…

1 year ago

Textual Criticism of the Greek Bible. Schweich Lecture for 1932 – Frederic G. Kenyon

Today's free book is Frederic G. Kenyon's 1932 Schweich Lectures on Developments in the Textual Criticism of the Greek Bible.…

1 year ago

12 Photographs of Persian Sculptures, mostly from Persepolis

Left-Hand Panel From the Stairway of Artaxerxes III Ochus. Today's free book is a collection of 12 photographs of Persian…

2 years ago

Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection

Cylinder-seals impressed on the clay bulls described on pp. 27-31 : 1. Dada, one of Dungi's scribes, led before his…

2 years ago

Syria and Egypt from the Tell El Amarna Letters by Flinders Petrie

Today's free book is an examination of the Tell El Amarna Letters' portrait of ancient Egypt and Syria by the…

2 years ago

Patriarchal Palestine by Archibald H. Sayce

Professor Archibald Sayce's Patriarchal Palestine applies the (then) recent archaeological discoveries in Babylonia and Assyria to illustrate the biblical accounts…

6 years ago

Archibald Sayce on the Decipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts

Archibald Sayce [1845-1933] was Professor of Assyriology at Oxford University for 28 years. I recently came across offprints of four…

7 years ago

Robert H. Kennett on Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom

The following public domain Schweich lectures are now available on-line in PDF:Robert H. Kennett [1864-1932], Ancient Hebrew Social Life and…

10 years ago