Caravan kingdoms : Yemen and the ancient incense trade / edited by Ann C. Gunter.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Summary language: Arabic Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2005.Description: 181 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0934686009
- 9780934686006
- 939/.49/0074753 22
- DS247.Y43 C37 2005
Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library OVERSIZE | DS247.Y43 C37 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197010068 | ||
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library OVERSIZE | DS247.Y43 C37 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 2 | Available | 197010698 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.
Director's foreword and acknowledgments -- Minister's foreword and Arabic translation -- Sponsor's foreword and Arabic translation -- Chronology -- History, chronology, and archaeology -- The dawn of history in Yemen's interior / Alessandro de Maigret -- New research at the Sabaean city and oasis of Sirwah / Iris Gerlach -- An early Himyarite mountain settlement on Jabal al-Awd / Holger Hitgen -- Religion and funerary practices / Alexander Sima -- The Awwam temple (Mahram Bilqis) / Merilyn Phillips Hodgson -- Recent epigraphic discoveries at the Awwam temple / Mohammed Maraqten -- Conservation of the Almaqah temple of Baran / Burkhard Vogt -- Death and funerary practices / Burkhard Vogt -- The cemetery of the Awwam temple / Iris Gerlach -- Images: gods, humans, and animals / Sabina Antonini -- Trade and technology -- Trade, incense, and perfume / Nigel Groom -- The beginnings of irrigation / Ueli Brunner -- New research on the great dam at Marib / Burkhard Vogt -- Bibliography of works cited -- Credits -- Index.
Introduction in English and Arabic.