4to. xii, 650 pp. frontispiece, b/w plates, maps, plans, original cloth, lightly rubbed round edges, otherwise coy in mint condition, biblio, index, London: Cassell, 1966.

Synopsis

A major study of the excavation of Khirbet Tannur and of the culture of its builders, the ancient Nabataeans, in what is now largely Jordan. Illustrated with over 400 photographs, maps and plans. This book presents a vivid and fascinating picture of this remarkable people, who, against the background of the eternal East-West confrontation, could nevertheless set the zodiac of the Babylonians and the dolphins of the Mediterranean upon gods of the same pantheon.