14 quotes
It has been said that the Bedouin Arab is a parasite that lives on the camel, and this to a great extent is true.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
By examining the pottery on any given site you can tell during which periods it has been occupied.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
The competent archeologist can date pottery much as some of us can date cars or dresses of our own century.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
Traders (like the Phoenicians) carried their methods as well as their wares to Europe by ship.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
Solomon was a 'copper king', and all along that Araba, on both sides, we found many copper mines and smelting stations, all attributable to Solomon and his immediate successors.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
The Sabbath, perhaps the most important labour legislation next to the abolition of slavery, is a Hebrew institution.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
That Homeric epic and the earliest Hebrew poetry were the results of long and rich developments should have been apparent to anyone who realizes that artistic perfection is never created ex nihilo.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
How fortunate is this generation to live at a time when the sources of our culture—sacred and profane—are illuminated in a brighter light of history than our forefathers imagined possible!
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
The nomadic Semite... roves as a herdsman, partaking of Allah's hospitality.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
For every mound excavated in the Near East, a hundred remain untouched. ...most of the excavated mounds have been dug only in small part.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
Babylonian mathematics and astronomy have left an indelible impression on our exact sciences. We still call some of the planets by their Babylonian names in translation.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
It was Yawhism that distinguished the two Hebrew nations from the other Canaanites and it was the great Hebrew prophets who transformed their little 'Canaanite' people into one of the great factors of world history.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)
The excavators cleared out one of the ancient cisterns, and a few of the winter rains sufficed to fill the cistern with enough water to supply the expedition with water for the whole season. This illustrates the possibilities of almost any country, provided the right kind of people are there. With energetic people, the few, but heavy, winter rains and be stretched a long, long way.
Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)