Some Archaeological Problems of Jerusalem

Autor:	W. F. Stinespring
Rok vydání:	1941
Předmět:	History Desert (philosophy) Religious studies Excavation Form of the Good Archaeology
Zdroj:	Journal of the American Academy of Religion. :89-93
ISSN:	1477-4585 0002-7189
DOI:	10.1093/jaarel/ix.2.89
Popis:	IT IS POPULARLY supposed by Biblical enthusiasts that Jerusalem would be a good place to excavate, and the question is often asked, why was not more excavating done there during the good interwar days of 1919-1939? The question is easily answered by pointing out the fact that Jerusalem is a populous city covering a large part of the ancient site. Archaeology is important, but one cannot drive the living out of their homes to study the dead, nor can even the wealthiest sponsors of excavations afford to buy out or transplant a whole city. (Incidentally, such a transplanting process was carried out on a small scale at Palmyra by the French about 1935 when they moved a whole Arab village from the Temple of the Sun and its precincts to new quarters some distance away in the desert. The former inhabitants of hovels and lean
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