Petra
by Iain Browning
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An established guide to the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It gives an account of the city's history since classical times, its buildings and monuments, the latest archaeological findings and provides architectural reconstructions.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1973
- Important places
- Petra, Jordan
- Dedication
- To
B.W.B. and A.M.B.
with love - First words
- Petra lies hidden in the mountains which overlook the eastern side of the awesome Wadi Arabah, that part of the Rift Valley which runs between Aqaba and the Dead Sea.
- Quotations
- 'It seems no work of Man's creative hand
By labor wrought as wavering fancy planned;
But from the rock as if by magic grown,
Eternal, silent, beautiful, alone!
Not virgin-white like that old Doric shrine,
Where... (show all) erst Athena held her rites divine;
Not saintly-grey, like many a minster fane,
That crowns the hill and consecrates the plain;
But rose-red as if the blush of dawn
That first beheld them were not yet withdrawn;
The hues of youth upon a brow of woe,
Which Man deemed old two thousand years ago,
Match me such a marvel save in Eastern clime,
A rose-red city half as old as Time.'
- From Dean Burgon's Newdigate Prize poem 'Petra' - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The sun shone on them from a limitless blue sky above golden rocks in lonely, remote valleys, as it still shines on those who come and go today.
Classifications
- Genres
- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 915.695 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Asia Middle East Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan Jordan
- LCC
- DS154.9 .P48 .B76 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Jordan. Transjordan History
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- 92
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 4
