Saving the Mt. Sinai Mosaics

Archaeologists usually recover their treasures beneath the earth. Instead of digging beneath the earth, however, we were high above it on a four-story scaffold, exploring the half-dome of the apse of the Byzantine Church at Saint Catherine’s monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai. But we felt as much...

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Authors: Forsyth, George Howard 1902-1991 (Author) ; Weitzmann, Kurt 1904-1993 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Biblical Archaeology Society 1978
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 1978, Volume: 4, Issue: 4
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Summary:Archaeologists usually recover their treasures beneath the earth. Instead of digging beneath the earth, however, we were high above it on a four-story scaffold, exploring the half-dome of the apse of the Byzantine Church at Saint Catherine’s monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai. But we felt as much like archaeologists as those […]
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review