Near East Section
Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Alan Rowe
The Temples Of Dagon And Ashtoreth At Beth-Shan
During the campaign of 1925-26 the Museum’s Expedition at Beisan, ancient Beth-Shan in Palestine, discovered altogether four Canaanite temples, two […]
View Article
Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Leon Legrain
The Pilgrim Of The Moon At Ur Of The Chaldees: Concerning the Fourth Campaign of the Joint Expedition of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum.
I The pilgrim on an archaeological quest, on his journey to Ur observes that the signs on the face of […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 4
By: Alan Rowe
Discovery Of The Temple Of Ashtaroth: Report Of The Expedition To Palestine
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 4
The Builders’ Art At Ur
The excavations that the Joint Expedition of the University Museum and the British Museum is conducting at Ur have already […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 3
The Joint Expedition To Ur
Plans have been completed for resuming the excavation of Ur in lower Mesopotamia on the first day of November. Mr. […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 3
The Expedition To Palestine
Work upon the excavations at Beisan, having been interrupted for a year, was resumed upon September first. The season from […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 2
By: Leon Legrain
The Joint Expedition To Ur Of The Chaldees
As I leave Marseille on the SS. Lotus on October 1, 1924, sharp north wind. which they call “lou mistral,” […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 1
A Persian Metallic Lustre Plate
The large size and beauty of this plate seem to indicate that it was made for ceremonial purposes. It is […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 1
Fragment Of A Mosque Carpet
The famous Ardebil mosque carpet in the South Kensington Museum has made visitors to that Institution acquainted with the splendid […]
View Article
Vol. XVI / No. 1
By: C. Leonard Woolley
A Great Temple Of Babylonia: Director of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the University Museum, to Mesopotamia
More and more clearly as the work of excavation goes on at Ur of the Chaldees do we see the […]
View Article