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Book Number
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000230577
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ISBN
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 9780810945371
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Title
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Petra rediscovered :. the lost city of the Nabataeans / Glenn Markoe, general editor.
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Imprint
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New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Cincinnati Art Museum, 2003.
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Descr.
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288 p. : ill., maps ; 32 cm.
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Gen. note
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Accompanies the traveling exhibition organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum and the American Museum of Natural History.
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’Glossary of architectural terms’ : p. 283.
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-282) and index.
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Contents
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The Nabataeans in historical context / Glen W. Bowersock -- The origins and emergence of the Nabataeans / Peter J. Parr -- Languages, scripts, and the uses of writing among the Nabataeans / M.C.A. Macdonald -- The Nabataean gods and their sanctuaries / Fawzi Zayadine -- Nabataean trade / David F. Graf and Steven E. Sidebotham -- Nabataean pottery / Stephan G. Schmid -- Dharih and Tannur : sanctuaries of central Nabataea / Francois Villeneuve and Zeidun al-Muheisen -- The Negev and the Nabataeans / Avraham Negev -- Nabataeans on the Dead Sea littoral / Konstantinos D. Politis and Hero Granger-Taylor -- The Nabataeans at Bosra and in southern Syria / Jean-Marie Dentzer -- Petra : the first-comers / Norman N. Lewis -- The real and the ideal : Petra in the minds and eyes of nineteenth-century British and American artist travelers / Briony Llewellyn -- The rock-cut architecture of Petra / Robert Wenning -- The Petra survey project / Laïla Nehmé -- Carvings in the desert : the sculpture of Petra and Khirbet et-Tannur / Judith S. McKenzie -- The khazneh / Andrew Stewart -- The Qasr al-Bint of Petra / François Larché and Fawzi Zayadine -- The great temple / Martha Sharp Joukowsky -- The Temple of the Winged Lions / Philip C. Hammond -- Petra-- from tent to mansion : living on the terraces of Ez-Zantur / Bernhard Kolb -- The Byzantine church at Petra / Zbigniew T. Fiema -- Petra in the sixth century : the evidence of the carbonized papyri / Ludwig Koenen, Robert W. Daniel, and Traianos Gagos.
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Jordan -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Petra (Extinct city) -- Exhibitions
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Nabataeans -- Exhibitions
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Add.Entry
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Markoe, Glenn 1951-
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Electronic Location
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 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003006209.html
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