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R. A. Stewart Macalister

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336: 1059: 351: 291: 282: 300: 309: 335: 318: 360: 327: 44: 194: 344:"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." 985: 882:"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" 233:, 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". 1130: 1165: 1135: 1170: 1180: 1175: 1140: 264: 252:
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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Stewart Macalister (MLSR889RA)" 974:"MACALISTER, Robert Alexander Stewart" 486:A History of Civilization in Palestine 174:from 1898 to 1900. Using advances in 1166:Presidents of the Royal Irish Academy 1136:Alumni of the University of Cambridge 275:From "Bible Side Lights from Gezer". 265:Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground 7: 585:A Century of Excavation in Palestine 166:, he excavated several towns in the 1171:People educated at The Perse School 564:The Latin and Irish Lives of Ciaran 553:A Text Book of European Archaeology 407:Excavations in Palestine, 1898–1900 121:Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister 55:Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister 18:Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister 25: 1181:20th-century Irish archaeologists 1176:19th-century Irish archaeologists 1141:Archaeologists from Dublin (city) 1051:Works by R. A. Stewart Macalister 848:. 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Index

Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister

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

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