Biblical Archaeology Review

Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Books in Brief

Digging for God and Country: Exploration, Archeology and the Secret Struggle for the Holy Land, 1799–1917

Neil Asher Silberman (Alfred A. Knopf: N.Y., 1982) 256 pp., 16 pp. photos, $16.95

Scholars’ Corner: Has Jerusalem’s Millo Been Found?

One of the puzzles British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon solved during her Jerusalem excavations of 1961–1967 was the meaning of the untranslatable Biblical word Millo. Or did she?

On the steep eastern slope of the city of David (or Ophel), the site of the original city of Jerusalem south of the Temple Mount, Kenyon uncovered tier upon tier of architectural terracing buried beneath an avalanche of stone and debris.

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