{"product_id":"2026200016132-secondhand-a-forgotten-kingdom","title":"A Forgotten Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the sun-baked soil of the Turkish Hatay, two ancient mounds — Atchana and al Mina — concealed the astonishing remnants of a Bronze Age civilisation lost to history for millennia. A Forgotten Kingdom presents Sir Leonard Woolley's meticulous record of the excavations at these sites, chronicling the unearthing of a sophisticated Near Eastern kingdom that rewrites our understanding of the ancient world. With 24 plates and numerous text figures, the work details the stratigraphy, artefacts, and royal palaces of Alalakh, a city-state that once flourished at the crossroads of great empires, illuminating the political and cultural currents of the second millennium BCE.\n\nWoolley, the celebrated archaeologist renowned for his groundbreaking excavations at Ur, brings his trademark precision and narrative clarity to bear on this equally revelatory site. His authoritative voice transforms raw archaeological data into a vivid portrait of a forgotten people — their art, their trade, and their dynastic struggles. Written for both the scholar and the informed general reader, this Pelican edition democratised access to frontier archaeological scholarship at its finest, and leaves one wondering just how many other kingdoms still lie waiting, silent and undiscovered, beneath the ancient earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342777393371,"sku":"2026200016132-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/20bb624b-c9ca-4374-b4fb-ab4cf351cfe5.png?v=1790049256","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016132-secondhand-a-forgotten-kingdom","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}