Archaeology
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Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833–1838 [Paperback]
Elizabeth Errington (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592197
Published by : British Museum Press
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 Charles Masson Archive: British L... .... Learn More -
Palmyra after Zenobia AD 273-750: An Archaeological and Historical Reappraisal [Hardback]
Emanuele E. Intagliata (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785709425
Published by : Oxbow Books
This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene ‘Empire’ (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750).
The goal of the book is to f... .... Learn More -
Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832-1835 [Paperback]
Elizabeth Errington (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592159
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 215
From 1833–8, Charles Masson (1800–1853) was employed by the British East India Company to explore the ancient sites in south-east Afghanistan. During this period, he surveyed over a hundred sites around Kabul, Jalalabad and Wardak, making numerous... .... Learn More -
The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians [Hardback]
Kaveh Farrokh (Author)
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ISBN: 9781848848450
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most formidable rival to the Roman empire for centuries, until Persia, by then under ... .... Learn More -
Tell F6 on Failaka Island: Kuwaiti-Danish Excavations 2008-2012 [Hardback]
Flemming Højlund (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9788793423039
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
In the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, the Arabian Gulf was an important waterway linking the large cities and states of Mesopotamia and Iran with Southeast Arabia and the Indus Valley. Trade along the Lower Sea, as the Gulf was named, demanded support... .... Learn More -
Landscapes of the Islamic World: Archaeology, History and Ethnography [Hardback]
Stephen McPhillips (Editor); Paul D. Wordsworth (Editor)
Regular Price: £62.00
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ISBN: 9780812247640
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Islamic societies of the past have often been characterised as urban, with rural and other extra-urban landscapes cast in a lesser or supporting role in the studies of Islamic history and archaeology. Yet throughout history, the countryside was fr... .... Learn More -
The Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley: The Bronze Age to the Islamic Period (3800/3700 BC–AD 1917) [Hardback]
Burton MacDonald (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782978329
Published by : Oxbow Books
Burton MacDonald presents an in-depth study of the archaeology and history of human presence over the past five-six thousand years in the southern segment of the Transjordan/Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley to the west. The evidence fr... .... Learn More -
Archaeology in the 'Land of Tells and Ruins': A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer [Hardback]
Bart Wagemakers (Editor)
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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 visited many archaeological sites... .... Learn More -
The Hajj: Collected Essays [Paperback]
Venetia Porter (Editor); Liana Saif (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861591930
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 193
Following on the British Museum’s critically acclaimed exhibitionHajj: journey to the heart of Islam, this volume provides over thirty papers on the history and significance of the Hajj, spanning history, politics, archaeology, pilgrims’ journeys,... .... Learn More -
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum, Volume One [Hardback]
David Whitehouse (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9781555953553
Published by : Hudson Hill Press
This hefty and beautifully produced catalogue presents 595 objects and fragments with scratch-engraved and wheel-cut ornament made in the Islamic world between the eighth and eleventh centuries. All are photographed in colour with description and ... .... Learn More
