Summary and Review: Under Jerusalem, The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City by Andrew Lawler. Lawler's book shows how archaeology has affected the landscape of a contested city. The detailed narrative is a fun and engaging read but assumes the framing it claims to critique (Chandler Collins, Approaching Jerusalem.Substack)
Going Underground. Yet another book on Jerusalem's archaeology unhealthily focuses on its past at the expense of its present (Michael Press, The Tel Aviv Review of Books)
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