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Everyday life in Bible times

National Geographic Book Service (Author).

Summary: Beautifully illustrated in full color, this National Geographic Society volume follows and explains the archeological discoveries that have unveiled life in Biblical times. Includes: Dead Sea scrolls; Bible names and numbers; building the Great Pyramid; art of mummification; plagues in Egypt; animals in the Bible; Assyria's royal cities; deciphering Persia's history in stone; cubits, talents and homers; Bible chronology; plus maps of Exodus, trade routes, journeys of St. Paul, the various empires of the ancient Near East, etc.

Record details

Physical Description: 448 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps (1 folded in pocket) ; 26 cm
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Publisher: [Washington] National Geographic Society [1967]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 447).
Formatted Contents Note:	Journey unto Canaan -- Goshen, land of bondage -- Splendid realm of pharoahs -- To Sinai and the promised land -- In the days of Israel's glory -- The men who hid the dead sea scrolls -- The years in Galilee -- Jerusalem and the last days -- From Damascus to Caesar's Rome.