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The Nabataean Arabs one of the most gifted peoples of the ancient world are today known only for their hauntingly beautiful rockcarved capitalPetra Here in the wild and majestic landscapes of southern Jordan they created some of the most prodigious works of man in the vast monuments that they chiseled from the sandstone mountains The very scale of their achievement is breathtaking but beyond mere magnitude is their creative vision for they transformed the living rock of Petra into an enduring architectural masterpiece For nearly two thousand years their civilization has been lost and all but forgotten Yet the Nabataeans were famous in their dayHerod the Great and his sons and a kaleidoscope of Roman emperors were keenly aware of their power and wealth Often victims of Greek Roman or Herodian duplicity murder and power politics the Nabataeans were major players in the drama of the Middle East in biblical times This richly illustrated volume recounts the story of a remarkable but lost civilization and the capacity of its people to diversify their skills as necessity demanded It describes their nomadic origins the development of their multifaceted culture their relations with their now famous neighbors and the demise of their kingdom It looks at their continued if unrecognized survival as Christians and farmers under the Byzantine Empire and into the early years of Islam
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For more than four centuries the ancient kingdom of Petra with its magnificent temples and rockcut tombs flourished at the intersection of two major trade routes running from Syria to the Red Sea and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean The Romans absorbed Petra into their empire in 106 ad and in 363 ad an earthquake left the city in ruins forgotten in the West until European explorers rediscovered it in the 19th century Todaylargely as a result of the astonishing finds from ongoing archaeological excavationsthis beautiful site has become one of the most visited tourist destinations in the Middle East Petra Rediscovered brings us the discoveries from those excavations in a spectacular volume that accompanies a major traveling exhibition on the history and art of this evocative ancient city Vibrantly illustrated with onsite photographymost newly shot for this bookPetra Rediscovered presents the latest archaeological revelations and scholarly research on the city and the Nabataean people Essays in lively prose by archaeologists who have worked at Petra and researched the art objects and inscriptions found there will fascinate history and archaeology buffs art lovers and travelers who will be newly inspired to visit this spectacular site
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355 x 28 cm Folio 40pp 14 full page sepiatone photographs plus essay Wrappers in photographically illustrated dust jacket Some light discoloratio to the jacket Published in conjunction with an exhibition of photographs by Emmet Gowin at PaceMacgill Gallery held January9 through February 15 1986
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