The Observer Masada Exhibition Catalogue | Royal Festival Hall November 23 - December 15 1966.
George Him [Designer of the Observer Masada Exhibition] Ronald Harker [Professor Yigael Yadin]
(Book #ID 110587)
Published by The Observer Newspapers Ltd., (Magazine), London 1966. 1966.
First edition in publisher's original flat backed colour photographic card wrap covers. (soft back). Quarto. 10'' x 8''. The achievement of the Masada excavations, represented in this exhibition, was an archaeological milestone, it was arguably the most famous archaeological dig of the 20th century after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. During the early 1960s, Israeli archaeologists working on Masada, an ancient fortress which towers over the Dead Sea, unearthed what had been Herod the Great's winter retreat (73-4 BC). Items revealed included wall paintings, scrolls and a sophisticated water collection system. Contains 66 monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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