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Lawler, Andrew, author.

Under Jerusalem : the buried history of the world's most contested city / Andrew Lawler.

First edition.

New York [New York] : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

xxxiii, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

"In 1863, a French politician and adventurer heard a rumor of biblical treasures beneath Jerusalem. At the time, Jerusalem was a venerable backwater, not the thriving religious center we think of today. Archaeology itself was in its infancy--more a pastime for treasure-hunting aristocrats than a legitimate scientific discipline. But when Louis-Felicien Joseph Caignart De Saulcy dug into the desert and discovered an ancient tomb, explorers from England, Germany, and Russia followed in his footsteps, competing with one another to make the next big find. De Saulcy's dig gave rise not only to a new field; it opened a Pandora's Box, turning Jerusalem into the most disputed piece of land on Earth"-- Provided by publisher.

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jerusalem.

Jerusalem -- History.

Jerusalem -- Antiquities.

Jerusalem : the buried history of the world's most contested city

Buried history of the world's most contested city

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-404) and index.

A moment of insanity -- A fool's errand -- A Masonic mission -- The roots of our problem -- A faithful watchman -- A great and potent force -- Gone with the treasures of Solomon -- A dangerous fantasy -- Exalting the walls -- The magnificence of the metropolis -- The rabbi's McGuffin -- Someone of great imagination -- A free people in our land -- The cellar crusade -- The bedrock of our existence -- Millennial madness -- Ruins in the mind -- Reality is always stronger than belief -- The rebel dig -- Resistance by existence -- Here we will stay -- Return of the queen.

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