Archaeology

ISBN: 9781782972457
Published by : Oxbow Books
Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953–4 visite... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591930
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 193
Following on the British Museum’s critically acclaimed exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, this volume provides over thirty papers on the history ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310893
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2477
At present scantily populated, Suakin was the most prominent port on the Red Sea coast from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It was an archetype of an Islamic urban built town which remained continu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781780760612
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series traces that critical moment in Iranian history which followed the transformation of ancient traditions during the country's conversion and initial Islamic period. Contributors discuss, from a var... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904982951
Published by : Archetype Books
Designed as a dialogue between numismatists, archaeologists and historians, this book explores the coins of seventh century Syria, a key resource in analysing the Arab conquest and early history of the new Islamic state. As well a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503531526
Published by : Brepols
Series: MIROIR DE L'ORIENT MUSULMAN
The relations between the Mamluk Sultanate of Syria and Egypt and the Ilkhanate, the Mongol state in Iran and the surrounding countries, were of a military, political-diplomatic, social or cultural nature, and they had a profound impact not only o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780884023630
Published by : Harvard University Press
In Charlemagnes Survey of the Holy Land, Michael McCormick rehabilitates and reinterprets one of the most neglected and extraordinary sources from Charlemagnes revival of the Roman empire: the report of a fact-finding mission to the Christian ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503533209
Published by : Brepols
This volume presents the first in a series of final reports from the Syrian-German excavations at Meskene Qadima/Emar (Syria). The contributions included in this first volume present the final reports on the Late Roman and Medieval cemeteries ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754668497
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The transformation of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire from the middle of the seventh century CE under the impact of Islam has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in recent years, and as more archaeological material becomes av... .... Learn More