Petra Rediscovered
Lost City of the Nabataeans
General Editor Glenn Markoe
Contributors Glen W. Bowersock
Peter J. Parr
M. C. A. Macdonald
Fawzi Zayadine
David F. Graf
Steven E. Sidebotham
Stephan G. Schmid
François Villeneuve
Zeidoun Al-Muheisen
Avraham Negev
Konstantinos D. Politis
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| ‘This book presents the latest artistic and archaeological discoveries and scholarly research on this city’ | | – Museums Journal |
| ‘Fabulously illustrated ... a fascinating insight into this culture’ | | – Church Times |
Petra Rediscovered represents the most complete picture yet of this beautiful city, one of the greatest marvels of the ancient world.
Petra’s mysterious beauty and dramatic story have long captivated the imaginations of historians and art lovers. From the third century BC until the first century AD the city, with its magnificent rock-cut tombs and temples, flourished astride one of the major trade routes of the Middle East that ran through the Great Rift Valleys and the Nagev to the Red Sea.
Petra’s people, the Nabataeans, traded in the spices that were carried from Arabia, Persia and India, but a change in the trade routes in the fifth century saw the city slide into decline and in 551 a devastating earthquake all but destroyed it. Not until 1812 was Petra rediscovered by the Western world, and only a tiny fraction of its riches have been unearthed and studied.
This magnificent volume presents all the latest artistic and archaeological discoveries and scholarly research on this astonishing city. Published to accompany a major travelling exhibition, it showcases some 150 of the most important objects discovered in the past century.
Essays by leading authorities in ancient Near Eastern archaeology discuss every aspect of Nabataean society and present a thorough analysis of Petra’s most famous buildings and monuments, including The Khazneh, The Great Southern Temple and The Temple of the Winged Lions.
Also of interest:
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Persia and the West
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500051267 | | ISBN-13 978-0500051269 | | | | 30.5 x 25.4 cm | | Hardback | | 288pp | | 286 illustrations, 170 in colour | | First published 2003 | | | | £42.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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