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Life and Death in Nabataea: The North Ridge Tombs and Nabataean Burial Practices
Near Eastern Archaeology; 12/1/2002; Perry, Megan A; 3207 words
; ... rock-cut tombs epitomize the complexity of Nabataean culture and remain the most visible aspect ... greatly increased our understanding of Nabataean funerary customs, nor has it stimulated ... significance of mortuary ritual and death in Nabataean society. Happily, recent excavations ...
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Petra exhibit reveals city carved from stone
Cleveland Jewish News; 12/5/2003; Karfeld, Marilyn H.; 1202 words
; ... Marilyn H. Cleveland Jewish News 12-05-2003 The monumental ... Petra, the capital of ancient Nabataea, flourished as the crossroads ... century C.E. At its height, the Nabataean Empire covered parts of today ... Arabia. Then, Rome annexed Nabataea in 106 C.E., establishing ... grazing flocks of Bedouins ... .
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Considering style and influence: we all spend time in different types of human-built structures in our daily lives. Architects have designed these buildings throughout history for our use. Architecture in many places worldwide has stood through time, and can be seen as a reflection of the culture in which it was created. Let's try to find some of these structures on the Internet and see what can be learned from them. (Cyber Search).
School Arts; 5/1/2003; Friel, Stefanie; 539 words
; ... ancient city of Petra in modern-day Jordan can be explored online: www.mit.edu:8001/activities/jordanians/jordan/petra.html nabataea.net/petra.html www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8987/petra.htm www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/Petra/ What types of buildings ...
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An anchor for Pauline chronology: Paul's flight from "The Ethnarch of King Aretas" (2 Corinthians 11:32-33)
Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2002; Campbell, Douglas A; 190 words
; ... Gal 1:15-24, esp. v. 18; an incident echoed by Acts 9:23-25). The king referred to by Paul here must be Aretas IV, king of Nabataea from 8 B.C.E. Although it was clearly not Paul's intention, his concise account of this dramatic episode creates the prospect ...
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Scholar lifts veil on sharia.(News)
Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 5/11/2008; 822 words
; ... period enjoyed considerable rights in the Nabataean state, an urban Arabian kingdom centred ... controversially, Fassi says women in Nabataea - whose capital was the famous rose-red ... essentially Arabian. She argues that women in Nabataea were free to conduct legal contracts ...
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Two Visual Languages at Petra: Aniconic and Representational Sculpture of the Great Temple
Near Eastern Archaeology; 12/1/2002; Basile, Joseph J; 2709 words
; ... colonnades have become well-known to Nabataean specialists (see issue cover and Joukowsky ... that are striking examples of the famous Nabataean rectangular betyls (standing stones ... complex present an interesting contrast in Nabataean art. The one reflects the adoption by ...
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The magnificence of an ancient city
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/17/2003; JOHN ZEAMAN, STAFF WRITER; 1249 words
; ... Although Petra had disappeared from European maps, local people knew of the place. Burckhardt ... come as no surprise that its builders, the Nabataeans, were surprisingly clever and prosperous. They ... Museum, which has the biggest collection of Nabataean sculpture outside Jordan (owing to its ...
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East of Edom
Jerusalem Post; 10/1/1997; Abraham Rabinovich; 3768 words
; ... hilltops to the north. Furthermore, the Idumaeans themselves would become converts to Judaism within two centuries. News of the discovery of the Idumaean Ostraca, as scholars have begun to refer to the collection, has not been publicized ... as governor of the annexed territory. Antipas, now a converted Jew, was useful ...
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U.S. and Canadian dissertations, 2005.(Recommended readings)
The Art Bulletin; 6/1/2006; 30662 words
; ... Vocation of Withdrawal in Gilded Age America (Washington University, A. Miller) ZARRO, JENNIFER, Images of the American City: Maps, Prints, and Magazine Views, 1780-1800 (Rutgers, W. Bellion) ZYGMONT, BRYAN J., Portraiture and Politics in New York City ... Century Ile de France, 1130-1160 (UC Santa Barbara, C. E. Armi) ...
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Myrrh: a significant development in the treatment of parasites.(Phytotherapy Review & Commentary)(drug overview )(Drug overview)
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine; 7/1/2006; Bone, Kerry; 4901 words
; ... warfarin. (61) Kerry Bone P.O. Box 713 Warwick QLD 4370, Australia +6 7 4661 0700; Fax +6 7 4661 0788 Notes 1. Nabataean Trade Items. Nabataea. Net, CanBooks, 2002. 2. Massoud A, El Sisi S, Salama O et al. Preliminary study of therapeutic efficacy ...
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