Millard Alan. Discoveries from the Time of Jesus

A Lion Book, 1990. — 190 p. — ISBN 0-7459-1207-9.Manuscripts, monuments, coins and artifacts, the remains of buildings, all tell a story. These are some of the discoveries, which help us to reconstruct in vivid detail the life of first-century Palestine - the time of Jesus.
Discoveries in in the past thirty years have given a far richer picture than we could have expected - taking us back 2,000 years in time.
From the heat of battle - the Roman attack on Jerusalem in AD 70 - come the remains of burnt house, yielding up its treasure-trove of tableware and cooking-pots, perfume boules, pottery and glass.
A drought in 1985 led to a drop in the water level of Lake Galilee, and from the mud came the timbers of the "Jesus boat".
Excavation of the Golan Hights brought to light a whole town, and the remains of a synagogue from Jesus' day...
Discoveries iike these reveal the life of the time. Others, equally fascinating, throw light on the rulers of the land, religious life in Temple and desert community. Tombs and tomb fashions make their own contribution to the sum of knowledge. So too do the writers, Jewish and Roman, and the priceless treasures of ancient manuscripts, strengthening the credibility of the biblical texts.
In this sequel to Treasures from Bible Times, Alan Millard opens up for the lay reader areas previously confined to scholars arid archeologists.