AlUla: An Oasis Through Time
Incense, Kingdoms & Caravans
$156.16
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2027
Summary
In the valleys of al-ʿUla, in the north-west of the Arabian Peninsula, lie the remains of two remarkable ancient cities. Dadan was a wealthy oasis kingdom on the Incense Road, its name known even to the biblical prophets. A short distance to the north, Hegra, the Petra of Arabia, preserves the monumental rock-cut tombs of the Nabataeans, the caravan traders who commanded this desert crossroads.
In Dadan and Hegra, Jane Taylor traces three thousand years of human life in this extraordi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836360575 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836360576 |
| Author: | Jane Taylor |
| Publisher: | Kulturalis |
| Imprint: | Kulturalis |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 270mm |
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Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor is a writer and photographer who has specialised in the Middle East for over four decades. After an honours degree in Mediaeval History and Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, she worked as a teacher, publisher, television researcher and then producer, including documentaries for the BBC, Granada and Yorkshire TV. Her first book, resulting from time spent in southern Africa, was Testament to the Bushmen (1984), co-authored with Laurens van der Post, who presented the TV series of the same name, which she produced. From 1989 to 2015 she made her home in Amman, Jordan. Her Middle East books include High Above Jordan (1989); and Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans (2001), the acclaimed illustrated history of the people who created both Petra and Hegra. Her photographs have appeared in many other books, magazines and campaigns, drawn from archives spanning the Middle East and beyond.
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