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Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by William Brown

Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III

Eric M. Meyers, biblical scholar and archaeologist at Duke University, and Mark A. Chancey, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, worked together to publish a third volume of a series on biblical archaeology. The...
Malta: Prehistory and Temples (Malta's Living Heritage)
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by Nick Brown

Malta: Prehistory and Temples (Malta's Living Heritage)

How could a Neolithic society operating at a level that produced only slightly more than subsistence level support such complex architecture and art far in advance of that of the nearest and more distant cultures? This is the question David...
Spain: 1001 Sights. An Archaeological and Historical Guide
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ by Lidia Pelayo Alonso

Spain: 1001 Sights. An Archaeological and Historical Guide

Spain: 1001 Sights is not a regular book on Archaeology, but a guide through the historical and archaeological heritage of Spain. Inside this guide you will find a large variety of cave paintings, dolmens and menhirs, Iberian and Celtic villages...
The Great Archaeologists
Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ by James Blake Wiener

The Great Archaeologists

The Great Archaeologists, edited by Dr. Brian Fagan — Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara — introduces the reader to 59 of the world's most innovative, provocative, and underappreciated archaeologists...
Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
Book Review by James Blake Wiener

Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind

Thinking Big: How Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind, by Drs. Clive Gamble, John Gowlett, and Robin Dunbar, explores the prehistoric and ancient origins of our social lives in a mere 224 pages. Divided into seven chapters, Thinking...
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