Auction 28 History and culture - the rise of the people and the heritage of Israel including travel and research books, language and literature, photographs and documents - Israel, Palestine and the Middle East
By Safra and Saifa
Aug 29, 2022
52 Hertzel st. Kfar - Saba , Israel

Our new catalog presents a section  dedicated to the estate of Zalman Shoken - the founder of Shoken Publishing, and the owner of the "Haaretz" newspaper, which he purchased at the end of 1935,

and other items from the estate of Prof. Emmanuel Marx - Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology - at Tel Aviv University, recipient of the Israel Prize for Sociology Research for the year 2018 and an honorary member of the British Royal Anthropological Institute.

These items include research books in history and language, travel books, poetry books in special editions and more....

Alongside these are displayed many  items for the history of the people of Israel and Zionism, photographs, letters, works by the best artists and other items.

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LOT 35:

Palestine Exploration Fund Annual, 1923-1925 Palestine Research Foundation, Jerusalem Excavation Haophel Hill ...

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Auction took place on Aug 29, 2022 at Safra and Saifa

Palestine Exploration Fund Annual, 1923-1925 Palestine Research Foundation, Jerusalem Excavation Haophel Hill Excavation Report, Jereusalem Includes photographs and maps
The report was written by Prof. R.A.S Macalister - a British archaeologist who headed the British Foundation for the Study of the Land of Israel and conducted, among other things, the excavations of the biblical city of Gezer.

Haopoel, a biblical nickname for a certain part of a city. In the Bible, Ophel is mentioned in the context of two cities: Samaria and Jerusalem.
The origin of the word from the root A.PL which exists in several Semitic languages and means ascended or exalted.

In the book, dozens of maps and photographs from the excavation sites, some more than double in size, are folded
At the end of the book, in the back pocket are two large folded maps

Hard cover
216 pages and another 26 pages of photographs
Yellowing spots
23 * 29 cm
Good general condition

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