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Lewis, Jack Pearl, 1919-

Early explorers of Bible lands / Jack P. Lewis. - 1 online resource. - Early explorers of Bible lands . - Early explorers of Bible lands. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Dale W. Manor -- John Lewis (Johann Ludwig) Burckhardt : explorer in disguise -- Giovanni Battista Belzoni : explorer, collector, comb robber -- Conrad Schick : architect archaeologist -- William Francis Lynch : explorer of the Dead Sea -- Dr. James T. Barclay : almost forgotten Jerusalem explorer of the nineteenth century -- Sir Charles William Wilson : discoverer of Wilson's Arch -- Charles Clermont-Ganneau : nineteenth century discovery -- Selah Merrill : nineteenth century American explorer-diplomat -- Claude R. Conder : surveyor of Palestine -- Archibald Henry Sayce : decipherer of inscriptions.

ISBN: 9780891127239 (electronic bk.) 0891127232 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Antiquities.
Bible.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers--Palestine--Biography.
Archaeologists--Palestine--Biography.
Excavations (Archaeology)--History.--Palestine
Antiquities.
Archaeologists.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
BIBLES / General
RELIGION / Biblical Reference / General
RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Palestine--Antiquities.
Middle East--Palestine.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS108.9

Dewey Class. No.: 220.9/30922