Century of Excavation in Palestine by R.A. Stewart Macalister

ByRob Bradshaw
Caesarea. Image by Mike Kiley from Pixabay

Today’s free book Is R.A. Stewart Macalister’s history of archaeology in Palestine. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy fo this public domain book available for digitisation.

R.A. Stewart Macalister [1870-1950], A Century of Excavation in Palestine. London: Religious Tract Society, [1925]. Hbk. pp.335. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  1. A Sketch of the History of Excavation in Palestine
  2. Excavation and Topography
  3. Excavation and Political History
  4. Excavation and Cultural History
  5. Excavation and Religious History
  • A Short Bibliography
  • Index

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