Lost Treasures of the Bible: Understanding the Bible through Archaeological Artifacts in World Museums

Lost Treasures of the Bible provides detailed descriptions and photographs of significant archaeological objects in world museums that illuminate the history, culture, and practices of the biblical world. Each entry also includes a discussion of that objects relevance for understanding the Bible. It is a fascinating examination of more than one hundred treasures of biblical history - many of them relatively unknown to the general public - in museums around the world. For travelers who visit museums such as the Louvre, the British Museum, Museum Island in Berlin, the Israel Museum, and many others, this volume is an indispensable companion. Here each artifact is located not only at its museum site, but also by its specific identification number - an extremely valuable addition for smaller and lesser-known objects. To assemble this amazing collection, the authors traveled to each of these museums around the world. Their photographs, descriptions, and histories of the objects within make the most significant of these holdings equally accessible to fellow globetrotters or armchair travelers.