The Petra Church

Author : Zbigniew T. Fiema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015054293298

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The Petra Church by Zbigniew T. Fiema Pdf

Excavation of the Petra Church site was more than just an excavation, it was a complete project that included the excavation, publication, conservation, and presentation of the site. This beautiful book, published in 2001, was a milestone of the work of ACOR in the Petra Park that continues until today. This hardcover volume offers a wealth of detail and scholarship about not only the excavations but also the historical environment of the communities living in the Petra area. The contents of the book touch on the ecclesiastical history of Petra and of this specific church, the architecture, marble furnishings and mosaics of the church, and great details concerning the myriad of finds unearthed in the excavations, such as storage jars, lamps, coins and figurines. Excavations began in 1991, soon revealing important mosaics in the two aisles of the Petra Church. In order to preserve the mosaics after excavation, a competition was held to solicit architectural designs for a permanent shelter over the archaeological site. After much discussion and debate, a shelter designed by American architect Rob Shutler was chosen and funding for its construction was secured from USAID. The shelter was completed in 1997.

Author : Jaakko Frösén,Antti Arjava,Marjo Lehtinen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UOM:39015056666228

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The Petra Papyri by Jaakko Frösén,Antti Arjava,Marjo Lehtinen Pdf

What is called the Petra archive or Petra papyri is a group of ca. 140 carbonized papyrus rolls found in 1993 in a room adjacent to the main Byzantine church of Petra. The documents date from the 6th century. They are private papers of a well-to-do local family, mainly financial documents concerning marriage, inheritance, sales, loans and disputes, but also documents connected with taxation. The documents are written in Greek. The Petra Papyri are one of the most important finds of ancient documentary texts ever made outside of Egypt.

Author : Zbigniew T. Fiema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1419293794

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The Petra Church Project: Interim Report 1992-94 by Zbigniew T. Fiema Pdf

Author : Thomas Evan Levy,P.M.Michele Daviau,Randall W. Younker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315478555

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Crossing Jordan by Thomas Evan Levy,P.M.Michele Daviau,Randall W. Younker Pdf

Jordan is a key area of migration within the Levantine corridor that links the continents of Africa and Asia. 'Crossing Jordan' examines the peoples and cultures that have travelled across Jordan from antiquity to the present. The book offers a critical analysis of recent discoveries and archaeological models in Jordan and highlights the significant contribution of North American archaeologists to the field. Leading archaeologists explore the theory and methodology of archaeology in Jordan in essays which range across prehistory, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Nabatean civilization, the Byzantine period, and Islamic civilization. The volume provides an up-to-date guide to the archaeological heritage of Jordan, being an important resource for scholars and students of Jordan's history, as well as citizens, non-governmental organizations and tourists.

Author : Patricia Bikai,Megan Perry,Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 057867663X

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Petra by Patricia Bikai,Megan Perry,Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos Pdf

Author : Alda P. Dobbs
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781728234663

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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs Pdf

2022 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection NPR Best Book of 2021 Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."—Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."—Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, little sister Amelia, and baby brother Luisito—until they can be reunited. They flee north through the unforgiving desert as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night when Petra closes her eyes, she holds her dreams close, especially her long-held desire to learn to read. Abuelita calls these barefoot dreams: "They're like us barefoot peasants and indios—they're not meant to go far." But Petra refuses to listen. Through battlefields and deserts, hunger and fear, Petra will stop at nothing to keep her family safe and lead them to a better life across the U.S. border—a life where her barefoot dreams could finally become reality. "Dobbs' wrenching debut, about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on, illuminates the harsh realities of war, the heartbreaking disparities between the poor and the rich, and the racism faced by Petra and her family. Readers will love Petra, who is as strong as the black-coal rock she carries with her and as beautiful as the diamond hidden within it."—Booklist, starred review

Author : Thomas S. Burns,John W. Eadie
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780870138980

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Urban Centers and Rural Contexts in Late Antiquity by Thomas S. Burns,John W. Eadie Pdf

Recent publications on urbanism and the rural environment in Late Antiquity, most of which explore a single region or narrow chronological niche, have emphasized either textual or archeological evidence. None has attempted the more ambitious task of bringing together the full range of such evidence within a multiregional perspective and around common themes. Urban Centers and Rural Contexts seeks to redress this omission. While ancient literature and the physical remains of cities attest to the power that urban values held over the lives of their inhabitants, the rural areas in which the majority of imperial citizens lived have not been well served by the historical record. Only recently have archeological excavations and integrated field surveys sufficiently enhanced our knowledge of the rural contexts to demonstrate the continuing interdependence of urban centers and rural communities in Late Antiquity. These new data call into question the conventional view that this interdependence progressively declined as a result of governmental crises, invasions, economic dislocation, and the success of Christianization. The essays in this volume require us to abandon the search for a single model of urban and rural change; to reevaluate the cities and towns of the Empire as centers of habitation, rather than archeological museums; and to reconsider the evidence of continuous and pervasive cultural change across the countryside. Deploying a wide range of material as well as literary evidence, the authors provide access not only into the world of élites, but also to the scarcely known lives of those without a voice in the literature, those men and women who worked in the shops, labored in the fields, and humbled themselves before their gods. They bring us closer to the complexity of life in late ancient communities and, in consequence, closer to both urban and rural citizens.

Author : Douglas C Comer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461414810

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Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra by Douglas C Comer Pdf

Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years. Petra burst into popular consciousness with the release of enormously popular motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. Moviegoers all over the world were introduced to some of the spectacular scenic wonders of Petra: the Siq, a narrow chasm with colorful, towering sandstone walls, and Al-Khazna, the exquisitely carved tomb for a Nabataean king. For centuries, the Nabataeans controlled the trade in precious commodities across the Arabian Peninsula, bring spices from Southeast Asia, incense from present-day Yemen, gold and ivory from Africa, and silk from the Far East across the Empty Quarter to ports on the western Mediterranean. In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World Heritage Sites. Since then, low cost jet travel and a fast highway from the capital city of Amman have made the site increasingly accessible. The Jordanian government has made attracting tourists to Jordan a top priority. For all of the attention that Petra has received, it is still surprisingly poorly understood. A widely accepted chronology of the city, even the dates of major tombs and monuments, has yet to be established. Even the mystery of why and how Arab nomads adopted a sedentary lifestyle and built a great city has yet to be fully explained. Will Petra’s popularity as a tourism destination overshadow the importance of addressing these questions, and, more importantly, will tourism damage the archaeological remains there in ways that make answers more difficult or even impossible to find?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780756696436

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Top 10 Israel, Sinai, and Petra by Anonim Pdf

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Israel, Sinai and Petra will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals - there's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars and places to shop. You'll find the insider knowledge every visitor needs and explore every corner effortlessly with DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Israel, Sinai and Petra. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Israel, Sinai and Petra - showing you what others only tell you. Now available in ePub format.

Author : Clifford D. Cope
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781449069759

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Ghosts of Petra by Clifford D. Cope Pdf

GHOSTS OF PETRA tells the story of an unexpected encounter in a once thriving city. This city exists in modern day Jordan just south of the Dead Sea. Sam and his girlfriend Jill on on summer break from college between graduation and graduate school. They encounter the question of: What is life, Does the soul physically exist, and can the soul be re-born? This book is a suspenseful spirituality event that takes place from 106 A.D. to the era of Nanoscience.

Author : Rachel Hachlili
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047442066

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Ancient Mosaic Pavements by Rachel Hachlili Pdf

This publication is engaged in issues, trends, and themes depicted on mosaic pavements that were the normal medium for decorating the floors of synagogues, Christian structures, as well as public and private buildings. The mosaic pavements discussed are dated to the 4th-8th centuries CE.

Author : Judith McKenzie
Publisher : Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780995494695

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Life in a Cave in Petra with the Bdoul by Judith McKenzie Pdf

From 1981 until 1986, the archaeologist Judith McKenzie, then a graduate student at the University of Sydney, traveled to the ancient site of Petra in Jordan, living in a cave there for extended periods, in order to survey and measure architectural moldings on the rock-cut monuments. It was a critical time in the history of Petra, where, for centuries, its local inhabitants, known as the Bdoul, had lived and worked. But that tradition was coming to a close. In 1985, the Bdoul began a move to the nearby village of Umm Sayhoun, as directed by the Jordanian government. This first-hand account of life in a cave at Petra, based on diaries Judith kept at the time she lived among the Bdoul, is therefore important as a record of a lifestyle now largely vanished. As she writes in her introduction: "I spent so much time socializing with the Bdoul, I came to observe many aspects of Bdoul life in a series of visits over three main field seasons. As women we had access to the world of young girls and women, which men from outside did not, while we were also sometimes treated as honorary men." This memoir thus stands as a reminder of life at Petra before the arrival of modern-day tourism at the site. But this book is not only a memoir. Observations are made on the ways in which the Bdoul have adapted to their new environment. Changes at the site that have taken place since 1981 because of weathering and erosion are recorded through comparisons between photographs taken forty years ago and more recent images. Ramifications of the expansion of the tourist-industry at Petra in the 21st century are also considered. Life in a Cave in Petra with the Bdoul: 1981-1986 is therefore an important and essential volume on the archaeology and history of one of the best-known ancient sites in the world.

Author : Greg Fisher
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191056994

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Arabs and Empires before Islam by Greg Fisher Pdf

Arabs and Empires before Islam illuminates the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, collating nearly 250 translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources. Drawn from a broad period between the eighth century BC and the Middle Ages, the sources include texts originally written in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Persian, and Arabic, inscriptions in a variety of languages and alphabets, and discussions of archaeological sites from across the Near East. More than twenty international experts from the fields of archaeology, classics and ancient history, linguistics and philology, epigraphy, and art history provide detailed commentary on and analysis of this diverse selection of material. Richly illustrated with sixteen colour plates, fifteen maps, and over seventy in-text images, the volume provides a comprehensive, wide-ranging, and up-to-date examination of what ancient sources had to say about the politics, culture, and religion of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic period. It offers a full consideration of the traces which the Arabs have left in the epigraphic, literary, and archaeological records, and sheds light on their relationship with their often more-powerful neighbours: the states and empires of the ancient Near East. Arabs and Empires before Islam gathers together a host of material never before collected into a single volume - some of which appears in English translation for the very first time - and provides a single point of reference for a vibrant and dynamic area of research.

Author : Stephen Emmel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047443735

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From Temple to Church by Stephen Emmel Pdf

Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception in late antiquity. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion seek an appropriate larger perspective on the phenomenon “temple-destruction”.

Author : Ulla Rajala,Phil Mills
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785703782

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Forms of Dwelling by Ulla Rajala,Phil Mills Pdf

The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology. In this wide-ranging collection of 13 papers, including a re-assessment by Ingold himself, contributors show why it has been so influential, with papers ranging from the study of Mesolithic to historic and contemporary archaeology, revisiting different research themes, such as Ingold’s own Lapland study, and the development of landscape archaeology. A series of case studies demonstrates the value and strength of the taskscape concept applied to a variety of contexts and scales across wide geographical and temporal situations. While exploring new frontiers, the papers contrast British, Nordic and Mediterranean archaeologies to showcase the study of material culture and landscape and conclude with an assessment of the concept of taskcape and its further developments.