Petra and the lost kingdom of the Nabataeans / Jane Taylor.
By: Taylor, Jane
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeOther title: NabataeansSubject(s): Petra (Extinct city) | NabataeansDDC classification: 939.48 LOC classification: DS154.9.P48 | T39 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page [221]) and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | DS154.9.P48 T39 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902188073 |
Originally published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (page [221]) and index.
Prelude: Alexander the Great, frankincense and the Nabataeans -- They came from Arabia: the origins of the Nabataeans and the incense trade -- Into a habitation of dragons: settling in the land of Edom and the emergence of the kingdom -- Friends, foes and neighbours: relations with Egypt, Syria and Judaea -- Days of glory, days of dust: from independence to Roman annexation -- The miracle of Petra: the development of the capital -- The delicate magic of life: Nabataean gods and places of worship -- Language, script and graffiti: speaking Arabic, writing Aramaic and carving inscriptions -- Babatha: the life, loves and litigation of a woman among the Nabataeans -- Afterglow of empire: Nabataeans and Christianity in the Byzantine era -- Epilogue: the Nabataeans in the Islamic world.