Tomorrow is the date of the first in the latest series of lectures at the Palestine Exploration Fund offices in London. You can read more about the subject of this talk: James Leslie Starkey, best known for discovering the Lachish Letters, here.
The lecture title is derived from the camp chorus sung on the dig at Tell ed-Duweir (identified as Biblical Lachish):
“Not for the greed of gold
Not for the hope of fame
Nor for a lasting heritage
Not for a far-flung name
Rather for making history
And for some lore of old
This is our aim and object
Not for the greed of gold”