Title & Author:

Petra rediscovered : the lost city of the Nabataeans / Glenn Markoe, general editor.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Cincinnati Art Museum, 2003.

Description:

288 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-282) and index.
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 / Franc̜ois 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.

Summary:

Created to accompany the exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, this lavishly illustrated book contains 22 essays describing history and culture during the ancient city's Nabataean, Roman, and Byzantine periods. The first group of essays discusses the origins of the Nabataeans as well as their languages and writing, trade, pottery, the sanctuaries Dharih and Tannur, the Nabataean Negev, and Nabataean communities by the Dead Sea, at Bosra, and in Southern Syria. The second group covers topics such as Petra as portrayed by 19th-century artist/travelers; the rock-cut architecture of Petra; the Petra survey project; the sculpture of Petra and Khirbet et-Tannur; and individual structures at Petra, including the Byzantine Church. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0810945371
9780810945371
0810991284 (pbk.)
9780810991286 (pbk.)

Subject:

Europäische Kommission Commission PETRA
Nabataeans Exhibitions.
Nabatéens Expositions.
Nabataeans.
Ausgrabung
Nabatäer
Petra (Extinct city) Exhibitions.
Pétra (Ville ancienne) Expositions.
Jordan Petra (Extinct city)
Jordanien
Petra
Petra (Extinct city) Antiquities.
Petra (Extinct city) History.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Markoe, Glenn, 1951-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284202
Call No.: BIB 222904
Status: Available