Petra rediscovered : lost city of the Nabataeans / Glenn Markoe, general editor.
| Other author | Markoe, Glenn, 1951- |
| Other author | Cincinnati Art Museum. |
| Other author | American Museum of Natural History. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Cincinnati Art Museum, 2003. |
| Description | 288 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 / Laila Nehme -- Carvings in the desert : the sculpture of Petra and Khirbet et-Tannur / Judith S. McKenzie -- The Khazneh [Treasury] / Andrew Stewart -- The Qasr al-Bint of Petra / Francois Larche 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. |
| General note | Accompanies the traveling exhibition organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum and the American Museum of Natural History. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-282) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003006209 |
| ISBN | 0810945371 |
| ISBN | 0810991284 (pbk.) |