The Roman and Byzantine Near East (Hardback)

This volume brings together nineteen papers which reflect some of the most important new archaeological work on the Roman and Byzantine Near East. Contributors include: A Kushnir-Stein (The predecessor of Caesarea: on the identification of Demetrias) ; Y Porath (Herod's `amphitheatre' at Caesarea) ; Y Hirschfeld (The early Roman bath and fortress at Ramat Hanadiv) ; A Zertal (The Roman siege-system at Khirbet al-Hamam) ; R Gersht (Seven new sculptural pieces from Caesarea) ; M Fischer (Imperial art and architecture in Roman Palestine) ; R Hachlili (Late antique Jewish art from the Golan) ; C Foss (The Near Eastern countryside in late antiquity) ; P Fabian (The late-Roman military camp at Beer Sheba) ; J Wilson & E Myers (Low-altitude aerial photography at Petra) ; K Holum (Inscriptions from the imperial revenue office of Byzantine Caesarea-Palestinae) .