The Architecture of Petra

by Judith McKenzie

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The Petra tombstones in Jordan are famed for their "baroque" architecture carved out of pink sandstone by the Nabataeans. This comprehensive survey, the first volume in the new British Academy Monographs in Archaeology series, dates many of the famous Petra monuments against similar rock-cut tombs at Medain Saleh in Saudi Arabia. Through close examination of the monuments as well as the little known remains of Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Hellenistic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019727000X

ISBN13:9780197270004

Release Date:December 2005

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:494 Pages

Weight:4.97 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 9.1" x 12.3"

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Architecture History Social Science Social Sciences

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