О премии

Книжная премия Фелиции А. Холтон (Felicia A. Holton Book Award) учреждена Археологическим институтом Америки (Archaeological Institute of America) и ежегодно присуждается автору, который своим крупным научно-популярным произведением представляет широкой публике важность археологии.

Работа должна иметь широкий общественный резонанс и быть написана для взрослой непрофессиональной аудитории в понятной и увлекательной форме. Литературный труд должен точно и ответственно передавать тот восторг, который появляется от археологических открытий.

К номинированию допускаются книги, опубликованные на английском языке в пределах трех календарных лет до (не включая) года премирования.

Жанры: Археология, Наука и образование, История Страны: США Язык: Английский Первое вручение: 2011 г. Последнее вручение: 2024 г. Официальный сайт: https://www.archaeological.org/grant/holton-book-award/

Номинации

Книжная премия Фелиции А. Холтон
Felicia A. Holton Book Award
Почётное упоминание
Honorable Mention
За достижения
Lifetime Achievement
Книжная премия Фелиции А. Холтон
Andrew Lawler 0.0
A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval

“A sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian’s penchant for detail and a journalist’s flair for narration.”
—Washington Post

In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past.

In the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers and missionaries, archaeologists and zealots, all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city’s streets and shrines. Their efforts have had profound effects, not only on our understanding of Jerusalem’s history, but on its hotly disputed present. The quest to retrieve ancient Jewish heritage has sparked bloody riots and thwarted international peace agreements. It has served as a cudgel, a way to stake a claim to the most contested city on the planet. Today, the earth below Jerusalem remains a battleground in the struggle to control the city above.

Under Jerusalem takes readers into the tombs, tunnels, and trenches of the Holy City. It brings to life the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist.

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