Andrew Lawler
Author of Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City, The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a national bestseller, and Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization.
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Sep 21, 2023 • 46min
The Buried History of Jerusalem: Andrew Lawler digs up the political archeology of the world's most contested city
Andrew Lawler, author of Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City, discusses the political archeology of Jerusalem. Topics include the city's transformation over a thousand years, the history of religious conversions, divisions within the Holy Sepulchre, the impact of archaeological digs on Jerusalem's identity, and the use of history and archaeology for understanding multiple cultures.
