Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Archaeology and the 1948 War -- 2 Abandoned places, new places -- 3 Foreign aid -- 4 Frozen funds -- 5 A battalion of guards -- 6 Relief work -- 7 Man robs his land: "agreement" with General Dayan -- 8 "Gold of Ophir for Beth-Horon": 3,000 shekels -- 9 The building beyond the border: the PAM, 1948-67 -- 10 A building of dreams: a home for the IDAM and the origins of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem -- 11 A dead man on the council: the story of the supreme archaeological body in Israel -- 12 "But trust comes from the heart": travels with the Government Tourist Corporation -- 13 "Whether in a courtyard of a synagogue, in a courtyard adjacent to a synagogue, or under a synagogue": the Safad affair -- 14 The policy of salvage and early Israeli excavations -- 15 Myths and conclusions -- Appendix: other documents from the IDAM files -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Index.