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325: 1048: 340: 280: 271: 289: 298: 307: 349: 316: 33: 183: 324: 333:"That a Canaanite altar should consist of a heap of human heads covered with earth is a new idea, though it is not inherently improbable; for it is evident from the excavations that the Canaanites showed an Aztec-like disregard of the value of human life." 974: 871:"Bible side-lights from the Mound of Gezer, a record of excavation and discovery in Palestine : Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart, 1870-1950 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive" 222:, a tribe of Canaan. He associates his findings with biblical records of the sins of the Amorites, which he calls "the iniquity of the Amorites" in his 1906 publication "Bible side-lights from the mound of Gezer". 994: 241:
inscriptions from Great Britain and Ireland. Many of his translations of Irish myths and legends are still widely used today. He was elected to the
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Excavations on the hill of Ophel, Jerusalem, 1923-1925, being the joint expedition of the Palestine exploration fund and the 'Daily Telegraph'
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Although his earliest interest was in the archaeology of Ireland, he soon developed a strong interest in
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Line painted in 1900 (at top of image, marked "PEF") by Robert A.S. Macalister showing the level of the
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The Story of the Crop-Eared Boy ; The Story of the Eagle-Boy : Two Irish Athurian Romances
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Bible side-lights from the mound of Gezer : a record of excavation and discovery in Palestine
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Macalister left the field of Biblical archaeology in 1909 to accept a position as professor of
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Bible side-lights from the mound of Gezer a record of excavation and discovery in Palestine
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Thomas, Page A. (1984), "The Success and Failure of Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister",
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in 1910 and served as their president from 1926 to 1931. He was also president of the
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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature
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Fís Mherlíno; the vision of Merlino, an Irish allegory : An Irish Allegory
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Muiredach, abbot of Monasterboice, 890–923 A. D.; his life and surroundings
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Ancient Ireland : A study in the Lessons of Archaeology and History
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calendrical inscription. Macalister also documents his findings of
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From 1902 to 1909 he was responsible for the excavations at
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and was responsible for editing the catalogue of all known
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Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their Development and History
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in Cambridge, with his wife Margaret A. M. Macalister.
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Lebor Gabála Érenn - The Book of the Taking of Ireland
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The Excavation of Gezer: 1902 - 1905 and 1907 - 1909
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Nutt 181: 995:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 247:Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 218:around the High Place of Gezer, by the 1120:Academics of University College Dublin 1102: 975:"R. A. Stewart Macalister (MLSR889RA)" 963:"MACALISTER, Robert Alexander Stewart" 925: 793: 685: 475:A History of Civilization in Palestine 163:from 1898 to 1900. Using advances in 1155:Presidents of the Royal Irish Academy 1125:Alumni of the University of Cambridge 985: 895: 264:From "Bible Side Lights from Gezer". 254:Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground 574:A Century of Excavation in Palestine 155:, he excavated several towns in the 1160:People educated at The Perse School 553:The Latin and Irish Lives of Ciaran 542:A Text Book of European Archaeology 396:Excavations in Palestine, 1898–1900 110:Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister 44:Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister 13: 356: 14: 1186: 1170:20th-century Irish archaeologists 1165:19th-century Irish archaeologists 1130:Archaeologists from Dublin (city) 1040:Works by R. A. Stewart Macalister 1020: 837:. London, Hodder & Stoughton. 527:, Royal Irish Academy: 231–399, 347: 338: 323: 314: 305: 296: 287: 278: 269: 140:in 1883, and he was educated at 1135:Archaeologists of the Near East 16:Irish archaeologist (1870–1950) 841: 824: 1: 817: 1028:Bible Side-Lights from Gezer 1012:UK public library membership 851:. University College, Dublin 210:found there is a very early 119: 7: 1083:Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 979:A Cambridge Alumni Database 803: 564:Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times 10: 1191: 981:. University of Cambridge. 918: 594:The Archaeology of Ireland 376:Studies in Irish Epigraphy 364:Macalister, R.A.S (1896), 259: 177:Palestine Exploration Fund 896:Wolff, Samuel R. (2015). 231:University College Dublin 198:, in the modern state of 97: 87: 77: 58: 39: 30: 23: 1058:R. A. Stewart Macalister 545:, Cambridge, Univ. Press 167:building on the work of 25:R. A. 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Dublin
Cambridge
The Perse School
University of Cambridge
Archaeologist
archaeologist
Dublin
Alexander Macalister
Zoology
Cambridge University
The Perse School
biblical archaeology
Frederick J. Bliss
Shephelah
Ottoman Palestine
stratigraphy
Flinders Petrie
typology
Palestine Exploration Fund

Dead Sea
Gezer
Israel
Jerusalem
Gezer calendar
paleo-Hebrew
child sacrifices
Amorites
Celtic

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