The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 9 - (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East) by Shay Bar & Zertal Zl Adam (Hardcover)

About the Book

The book presents the results of a complete detailed archaeological survey of parts of Eastern Samaria and the Jordan valley. It is Volume 9 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey series of publications. This territory is very important from the Archaeological, Biblical and other points of view, and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, Archaeology, Near Eastern history, tourism, and other aspects of the Holy Land.

Book Synopsis

The book presents the results of a complete detailed survey of the eastern region of Samaria and the Jordan Valley, mainly the South-Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Wadi 'Aujah to Wadi Makuk and the Jordan Valley north of Jericho. It is Volume 9 of the Manasseh Hill Country Survey publications. This project, in progress since 1978, and covering 2500 sq. km, is a thorough, metre-by-metre mapping of the archaeological-historical area between the River Jordan and the Sharon Plain, and between Nahal 'Iron and the north-eastern point of the Dead Sea. This territory is one of the most important in the country from the Biblical and archaeological view; and the survey is a valuable tool for scholars of the Bible, Archaeology, Near Eastern history, tourism, and other aspects of the Holy Land.

About the Author

Shay Bar received his PhD in archaeology from the University of Haifa (2008). He is a researcher in the Zinman Institute and teaches in the archaeology department at this University. His current projects include directing the Manasseh Hill Country Survey and the excavations of Tel Esur, el-Ahwat, Mras ed-Din, and the Fazael Valley proto-historic project.

Adam Zertal Z"l was Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He dedicated most of his career to the survey and its implications. Among his other achievements are the discoveries and excavations of several sites, including the Iron Age cultic site on Mt. Ebal, the city of el-Ahwat, and the foot-shaped gilgalim enclosures in the Jordan Valley.