Even Briefer
Eretz Israel
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.
Eretz Israel
Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
Michael Roaf (New York: Facts on File, 1990) 238 pp. + 53 maps, 468 illustrations (342 in color), $45
The computer-generated drawings shown here illustrate the capacity of CADD programs—Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design—to generate drawings of extant remains, to add archaeologists’ reconstructions and to rotate these drawings to demonstrate different views.
This is part III of a three-part article. Part II appeared in the last issue (“Why Were Hundreds of Dogs Buried at Ashkelon?” BAR 17:03).