EditorialBodhisattva Avaolkiteshvara, pre-Angkor period, second half of the 7th?early 8th century, Western Cambodia, Copper alloy, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); D. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Wt. est. 6 lbs (2.7 kg), Sculpture, This four-armed Avalok...
EditorialThe Golan Heights, Israel, form a high plateau between Mount Hermon, the Yarmuk River, and Lake Kinereth. Golan settlements were active in the Jewish revolts the Romans. In the Yom Kippur War, in 1974, Israel recaptured the Golan Heights from Syria.