Bøker i Kiraz Classic Archaeological Reprints-serien

Report of the 1900 excavations of Abydos, which discovered some of the oldest Egyptian artwork

This volume features the tablets of the Akkadian text of Gilgamesh, reproduced as a cuneiform text with German captions.

This early history of the Church of the East was part of a volume issued to commemorate the exhibition of thirty Syriac inscriptions from Central Asia at the Musee Guimet.

Although written before the modern discoveries that define Ancient Near Eastern studies today, Paton's historic foray into the history of Syria and Palestine served to start a continuing discussion that remains active today.

The Beth Alpha synagogue mosaic is one of the most striking examples of ancient Jewish art ever uncovered.

Particularly valuable to students of archaeology in the ancient Near East are the old accounts of cities uncovered by archaeologists and historians of the nineteenth century. This ambitious account covers what was known of Gaza in Palestine from the earliest records up through the nineteenth century.

Rawlinson's study of ancient Egypt surveys the land and people of Egypt before taking the development of the nation through historic chapters. Told in a level of detail to rival Breasted's classic work on Egypt, this earlier study makes fascinating reading.

Description of the excavations of several places in north-eastern Egypt in 1906

This pamphlet contains 206 Syriac inscriptions, sorted by date, attesting to the Nestorian presence in Central Asia

The site of Tell Halaf was located by Baron von Oppenheim while on a mission to survey the land for the Baghdad Railway. Lavishly illustrated with over 85 illustrations and maps, this volume contains a storehouse of knowledge on ancient Syria, at that time part of the cultural continuum of Mesopotamia.

This important summary of Garstang's travels and studies in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) is fully illustrated with nearly 100 photographs as well as maps and plans. Garstang's treatment concludes with a substantial history of the Hittites, people referred to in the Bible and in the historical records of other ancient Near Eastern civilizations.

One of the perennial touchstones in the field of archaeology in the ancient Near East, Albright's work has been endlessly utilized. In setting the stage for what follows in the archaeological drama in Israel and throughout the Middle East, this work justly deserves a place in the Gorgias Classic Archaeological Reprints.

Indeed a classic of accessible archaeological writing, Burrows' study of ancient Crete was one of the main contributors to the commencement of modern understanding of the Minoans. Aware of the cultural continuity of classical stories from the island, he introduces the topic of the minotaur and the famed labyrinth of Knossos.