Moni Haramati Knihy

A fascinating and exciting journey into the rich and colorful past of the Land of Israel, spanning thousands of years, Flights into Biblical Archaeology, is unique. Flights into Biblical Archaeology provides the reader with a set of oblique aerial photographs of exceptional beauty of many of the most important biblical archaeological sites. It also includes pictures of special ancient objects and rare works of art, many that have never before seen the light of day.

Hardcover - 240 pages, Seventh edition (2000) Table of contents JERUSALEM / SKYLINE is a book of aerial photographs of Jerusalem which casts a different and unique perspective on the city and its surroundings. Israel's Prime Minister chose this book as an official gift to world leaders. Here is a view from a different angle of the old and the new,of ancient and old Jerusalem alongside the new Jerusalem which is being constructed right now. Encounters of different panoramas, architectural styles and historical periods, in the various seasons of the year. We peek into the different neighborhoods and observe the roofs, Squares, streets and gardens, along with the numerous historical buildings which beautify the city. We have the opportunity to search for new ways of categorizing the city, a city which, one might have thought, has been categorized in every possible way - but yet, as is always the case with Jerusalem, we are always surprised to find a new, unique and breathtaking way of seeing it. The sections of the book are named after the gates to the Old City, as well as Sha'ar Ha-Gai, (literally The Gate - or Way - of the Valley" the pass which leads from the coastal plain to Jerusalem), and the Closing Gate. In each chapter, the gate itself serves as the starting - and end - point of a particular excursion. geographically as well as associative.

All the pictures in this book are aerial photographs aimed at presenting a graphic, structural and abstract perspective of Israel, making use of the special light which illuminates the country at different times of day and in different seasons. The unique angle from which the photographs have been taken lends a different appearance to objects that we have thus far known only in a routine way. Most of the photographs were taken from a Robinson helicopter and the remainder from light aircraft where the door was removed for the convenience of the photographers. The helicopter afforded greater maneuverability at low speeds and allowed the photographers to get closer to the scenes photographed. In order to take photographs from the desired angle and with the correct illumination and timing, three preconditions had to be painstaking planning, optimum weather conditions, and good teamwork.