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Kushan Coins: a catalogue based on the Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian and Kidarite Hun coins in the British Museum, 1st−5th centuries AD [Paperback]
Joe Cribb(Author); Robert Bracey(Author)
$53.00ISBN: 9780861591916
Published by : British Museum
The coinage of the Kushan kings (1st to 4th centuries) and of their immediate successors the Sasanian Kushanshahs (3rd−4th centuries) and the Kidarite Hun Kushanshahs (4th−5th centuries) are a key component of our under... .... Learn More -
Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833–1838 [Paperback]
Elizabeth Errington(Author)
$53.00ISBN: 9780861592197
Published by : British Museum
The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson’s 1833–8 collections from the urban site of Begram and Kabul bazaar. It utilises Masson archival material which appears as a supplementary BM online publication The Charl... .... Learn More -
Travellers in Ottoman Lands: The Botanical Legacy [Paperback]
Ines Aščerić-Todd(Editor); Sabina Knees(); Sabina Knees(Editor); Janet Starkey(Editor); Paul Starkey(Editor)
$95.00ISBN: 9781784919153
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
This collection of around twenty papers has its origins in a two-day seminar organised by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants at the R... .... Learn More -
Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 5 August 2017: Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 48 2018 [Paperback]
M.C.A. Macdonald(Editor)
$56.00ISBN: 9781784918996
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
The Seminar for Arabian Studies has come a long way since 1968 when it was first convened, yet it remains the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. This is clearly reflected in the ever-incr... .... Learn More -
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 48 2018: Papers from the fifty-first meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 4th to 6th August 2017 [Paperback]
Julian Jansen van Rensburg(Editor); Harry Munt()
$138.00ISBN: 9781784918774
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Series: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
Volume: 48
The Seminar for Arabian Studies has come a long way since 1968 when it was first convened, yet it remains the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. This is clearly reflected in the ever-incr... .... Learn More -
Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Glyphs and Stamp Seals in the British Museum [Paperback]
Simon Denham(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9780861592081
Published by : British Museum
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 208
Stamp seals were used in a similar way to modern signet rings: a negative object used to impress a design into another material, often clay. They are common from around 7000 BC and have remained in use in parts of the world contin... .... Learn More -
Hajj: Global Interactions through Pilgrimage [Hardback]
Luitgard Mols (Editor); Marjo Buitelaar (Editor)
$165.00ISBN: 9789088904776
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde
Volume: 43
Every year, in the last month of the Islamic calendar, millions of Muslims from around the world come together in Mecca to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that all capable Muslims should perform at least once in their lives. In 2... .... Learn More -
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 47 (2017): Papers from the fiftieth meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 29 to 31 July 2016 [Paperback]
Julian Jansen van Rensburg (Editor); Harry Munt (Editor); Janet Starkey (Editor)
$138.00ISBN: 9781784915209
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
Volume: 47
The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. First convened in 1968, it is the only annual academic event for the study of the Arabian Peninsula that brings t... .... Learn More -
Bordered Places - Bounded Times: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Turkey [Hardback]
Emma L. Baysal (Editor); Leonidas Karakatsanis (Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9781898249382
Published by : British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Building on similarities and exploring differences in the way scholars undertake their research, this volume presents crossdisciplinary communication on the study of borders, frontiers and boundaries through time, with a focus on Turkey. Standing ... .... Learn More -
The Maritime Traditions of the Fishermen of Socotra, Yemen [Paperback]
Julian Jansen van Rensburg (Author)
$66.00ISBN: 9781784914820
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
The Socotra archipelago lies approximately 135 nautical miles (Nm) northeast of Cape Guardafui, Somalia and 205Nm south of Rās Fartaq, Yemen. The archipelago is made up of four main islands, Socotra, cAbd al-Kūri, Sam... .... Learn More
