Caravan kingdoms : Yemen and the ancient incense trade / edited by Ann C. Gunter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0934686009
  • 9780934686006
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 939/.49/0074753 22
LOC classification:
  • DS247.Y43 C37 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library OVERSIZE DS247.Y43 C37 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V. Copy 1 Available 197010068
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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.