[Freund] provides a compelling account of how new interpretations of archaeological findings, even when limited in quantity, can lead historians to a novel account of their subject matter. From this perspective, the author offers readers an engaging text providing new interpretations of archaeological remains. Recommended.

Choice Reviews

With his unique didactic ability, intellectual daring and solid scholarship, Freund takes us on a magical journey through time, from the heights of mythical Atlantis to the depths of the Holocaust. One may agree or disagree with some of his interpretations, but one cannot remain indifferent to his challenge.

Adolfo D. Roitman, PhD, Lizbeth and George Krupp Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Richard Freund has demonstrated persuasively not only and immediate importance of non-invasive archeological techniques but its potential for our understanding of the past. His work is a cornerstone of the new archeology of genocide and adds significantly to our exploration of the sites of destruction. This book is a welcome companion piece to his earlier work Digging through History but stands alone as an exploration of the search for Atlantis, the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls and how our understanding of the past can transform the future. Naturally, I turned immediately of his discoveries of what lays beneath the ground in the killing fields and death camps of the Holocaust, sites I have read about and seen, and whose testimonies from survivors I have heard only to be impressed once again but what can be seen by these new non-invasive techniques. My response to this work is to cheer his digging through history, not only again, but again and again.

Michael Berenbaum, Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute, Los Angeles, CA