ISBN10: 0226311252, ISBN13: 9780226311258, [publisher: University of Chicago Press] Hardcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226311252 9780226311258 [US]

University Of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. 2002. 1st Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. ix & 197 pp. Profusely illustrated. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Archae/NearEast). University Of Chicago Press ISBN 0226311252 9780226311258 [US]

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Date: 2002. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine i about Fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the upper flap fold corner tips of Dj. Boards,197pp, index. Colour photos; B&W plans and photos document the archeological site of Petra seat of the ancient Nabatean civilization. a heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 201/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". 2002. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226311252 9780226311258 [CA]

University of Chicago Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 2002. Hardcover. 0226311252 . 2 tears to DJ (1 repaired with tape). Light foxing to top of textblock. ; "If ever a dead city held romance it is Petra. . . . Hewn out of ruddy rock in the midst of a mountain wilderness, sumptuous in ornament and savage in environs, poised in wildness like a great carved opal glowing in a desert, this lost caravan city staggers the most experienced traveller." So wrote Rose Macaulay in her Pleasure of Ruins (1953) , echoing the sentiments of generations of travelers before and since. Reached through a narrow, winding crevasse between looming cliffs in south Jordan, Petra served as the capital city of the Nabatean Arabs from the third century B. C. E to 106 C. E. (when it was occupied by the Roman emperor Trajan). In this lavishly illustrated book, Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo and Eugenia Equini Schneider provide an accessible overview of the history and culture of the Nabateans, including their language, religion, politics, and economy, as well as a detailed guide to the city of Petra and its art and architecture. A major stop on the spice trade route, Petra attracted wealth and culture from across the Arabic and classical worlds and was abundantly furnished with more than 800 monuments. Perhaps the most well known of these is the Khazneh el-Faroun, or Treasury, a royal tomb more than 130 feet high with a magnificent Hellenistic facade carved ...