Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

In 1925 the director of the Oriental Institute sent a team of archaeologists to excavate a Holy Land site believed to have been fortified by Solomon: Megiddo, or Armageddon. The findings were staggering (e.g., gold, ivory, gates, palaces, temples), but how to make sense of all that was unearthed has been generating controversy ever since. 496 pages, hardcover. Princeton University.