Digging through History: Archaeology and Religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust

279 Pages·2016·2.43 MB·English

by  Richard A. Freund

DIGGING THROUGH
HISTORY
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DIGGING THROUGH
HISTORY
Archaeology and Religion
from Atlantis to the Holocaust
RICHARD A. FREUND
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
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Freund, Richard A.
Digging through history : archaeology and religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust /
Richard A. Freund.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4422-0882-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-0884-1 (electronic)
1. Archaeology and religion. 2. Excavations (Archaeology) 3. Antiquities. 4.
Mysteries, Religious—History. I. Title.
BL65.A72F74 2012
200.9—dc23 2012023525
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This book is dedicated to
Judy Freund
Howard Berkowitz
Beatrice Freund
Aaron Stovitz
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CONTENTS
A Short Chronology ix
CHAPTER 1
Divine Footprints: Digging through History 1
CHAPTER 2
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in the Search for Atlantis
and Tarshish 35
CHAPTER 3
The Dead Sea Scrolls: One Archaeological Discovery That
Changed How We Understand the History of the Ancient
and Modern Worlds 103
CHAPTER 4
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in Medieval Spain 153
CHAPTER5
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in the “Hidden Holocaust” 179
Acknowledgments 239
Bibliography 251
Index 259
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A Short Chronology
5500–4500 BCE The Neolithic (Stone) Age (pottery was introduced)
4500–3200 BCE The Chalcolithic (Copper) Age (copper and flint
were used; writing was developed in Mesopotamia
and Egypt)
The Rise of Atlantis
3200–1200 BCE Bronze Age (Early, Middle, and Late)
The End of Atlantis
The Exodus from Egypt
3000–2700 BCE First and Second Dynasties of the Egyptian King-
dom
1200–586 BCE Iron Age (from the exodus from Egypt until the
destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians
in 586 BCE)
Hebrew Bible Written Down
The Rise of the Phoenicians and the Sea Peoples
586–539 BCE The Babylonian Exile of the Judeans from Israel
546–333 BCE The Persian Period and the Rise of Classical Greece:
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Story of Atlantis Written Down
332–63 BCE The Greek Period: The Rise of Alexander the Great
Rise of the Dead Sea Scrolls Community at Qumran
63 BCE–325 CE The Roman Period in the Ancient Middle East
Dead Sea Scrolls Community Ends
325–638 CE The Byzantine Period: The Rise of Christian Rome
638–1096 CE The Early Muslim Period: The Golden Age of Spain
1100–1200 CE Crusader Period
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