The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel (Ancient Near East Monographs)
Israel Finkelstein is Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He has conducted numerous field projects, including excavations at biblical Shiloh and Megiddo. He is the author of many books, notablyThe Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement(Israel Exploration Society) andLiving on the Fringe(Sheffield Academic Press), the co-author, with Neil A. Silberman, ofThe Bible UnearthedandDavid and Solomon(both from Free Press), and was awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize in the Past Dimension in 2005.