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- Biblical Researches in Palestine, the Sinai, Petrae and Adjacent Regions by Edward RobinsonEdward Robinson (scholar)Edward Robinson was an American biblical scholar, known as the “Father of Biblical Geography.” He has been referred to as the “founder of modern Palestinology.” -Biography:...
, based on his survey conducted over several years, proposes identification of Biblical names with modern sites. - Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd StephensJohn Lloyd StephensJohn Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railroad....
, illustrated by Frederick CatherwoodFrederick CatherwoodFrederick Catherwood was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens...
, provides much more accurate information on the ruins of the Maya civilizationMaya civilizationThe Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
than previous publications and generates international interest in the subject.