In the only comprehensive historical atlas of its kind, the history of the Holy Land is described, beginning with the Canaanite defeat by the Egyptians at Meggido in 1468 BC and ending with the latest peace negotiations between Jew and Arab in mid-1998. The authoritative text is complemented by 100 specially commissioned high quality maps and further supported by a series of archive photographs and illustrations that reveal how, over three millennia, the sand and soil of the Holy Land has been bitterly contested.