Israel

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HM oday Israel is a young nation with a humán landscape - as astonishing as it is varied - built on the foundations ofits past. This land has been one ofthefocal points of civilization ofthe planet, the cradle ofancestral events, the theatre of raging passions and the meeting point ofthree ofthe world's great religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This book is a voyage of discovery through the Holy Land, along the Jordán Kiver and among the hills ofGalilee, from the shores ofthe Mediterranean to the sands ofthe Negev, in an effort to piece together the fragments that form a humán history extending over the mülennia. A journey that covers the wilderness ofthe deserts and the depths ofcaves overlooking the Dead Sea, as well as the buried citi.es whose splendour has still not dimmed. A journey that explores the monumental heritage of great civilizations: Israelite fortresses, Nabatean. caravan stops, Román theatres, Byzantine churches, early Arab mosques, Crusader castles and... Tovább

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HM oday Israel is a young nation with a humán landscape - as astonishing as it is varied - built on the foundations ofits past. This land has been one ofthefocal points of civilization ofthe planet, the cradle ofancestral events, the theatre of raging passions and the meeting point ofthree ofthe world's great religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This book is a voyage of discovery through the Holy Land, along the Jordán Kiver and among the hills ofGalilee, from the shores ofthe Mediterranean to the sands ofthe Negev, in an effort to piece together the fragments that form a humán history extending over the mülennia. A journey that covers the wilderness ofthe deserts and the depths ofcaves overlooking the Dead Sea, as well as the buried citi.es whose splendour has still not dimmed. A journey that explores the monumental heritage of great civilizations: Israelite fortresses, Nabatean. caravan stops, Román theatres, Byzantine churches, early Arab mosques, Crusader castles and Marniuk palaces. Spectacular aerial views, art treasures that are illustrated herefor the first time in somé cases, masterpieces of ancient cartography, portraits and scenes ofeveryday life - are all captured with extraordinary sensitivity by somé ofthe worldrs finest photographers, who have glimpsed and int erpreted all ofthe remarkable enchantment ofthis land, clearly revealing its most significant aspects. An in-depth text - yet agile and comprehensive - provides commentary to the images. Furthermore, many plans, sections, and full-colour drawings and reconstructions, created especially for this book by respected experts, bring back to life the splendour of Jerusalem at Herod's time, as well as the magnificence of Caesarea., Beit Shean, Masada, Megiddo and other important sites. "Israel, Splendour ofthe Holy Land" is a tribute to a land with many facets waiting to be discovered. Vissza