Archaeology Odyssey
Archaeology Odyssey takes the reader on a journey through the classical world as seen through the eyes of the top archaeologists in the discipline. Written with you in mind, the experts explain the latest in classical research in a way that is accessible to the general public. Read the complete series today!
Endnote 3 - Grape Pips, Dog Bones and Acorn Missiles
Endnote 2 - Grape Pips, Dog Bones and Acorn Missiles
Endnote 1 - Grape Pips, Dog Bones and Acorn Missiles
Endnote 3 - Architecture of the Afterlife
These marks were normally shaved off when the stone was smoothed. But in Khufu’s Great Pyramid, the masons’ marks were left intact in the relieving chambers above the burial chamber, which were unfinished and inaccessible. In the mortuary temple of Menkaure, the marks were covered by brick facing, which was later removed by archaeologists.
Endnote 2 - Architecture of the Afterlife
Endnote 1 - Architecture of the Afterlife
Endnote 16 - The Birth of Adonis?
See Ruth Hestrin, “The Lachish Ewer and the Tree ’Asherah,’” Israel Exploration Journal 37 (1987), pp. 212–223, and “Understanding Asherah—Exploring Semitic Iconography,” BAR 17:05; and S.M. Olyan, Asherah and the Cult of Yahweh in Israel (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988).
Endnote 15 - The Birth of Adonis?
Endnote 14 - The Birth of Adonis?
For the evidence, see Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of Religion in Israel (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1973), pp. 28–35; and William G. Dever, “Asherah, Consort of Yahweh? New Evidence from Kuntillet ’Ajrud,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 255 (1984), pp. 28–29 and references there.
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