Beschreibung:
Raz Kletter
This book tells the story of the creation of Israeli Archaeology in the 1950s and early 1960s. Unlike other books on the archaeology of the 'holy-land', it isn't just a chronological parade of important excavations and nice finds, but a history of intrigues, budgets, failures and, above all, dreams.
1: Introduction.; 2: In the Middle of an Excavation a Camouflaged Evacuation Post for the Wounded -- Archaeology and the 1948 War; 3: Abandoned Places, New Places; 4: Foreign Aid; 5: Frozen Funds; 6: A Battalion of Guards; 7: Relief Work; 8: Man Robs His Land: Agreement with General Dayan; 9: Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon 3,000 Shekels; 10: A Tale of Two Houses; 11: From Council to Council; 12: "But Trust is to the Heart": Travels with the Government Tourist Corporation; 13: Whether in a Courtyard of a Synagogue, in a Courtyard adjacent to a Synagogue or under a Synagogue: The Safad Affair; 14: Policy of Salvage and Early Israeli Excavations; 15: Myths and Conclusions; Appendix: Some other Letters