To better understand the ancient Nabataean capital of Petra, it is important to consider its rural surroundings as well. The city's unfavorable geostrategic location makes this already clear: Situated in a deep valley and ...

Die Zweigbibliothek Klassische Archäologie der Humboldt-Universität geht auf einen in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts gegründeten "Lehrapparat" zurück. Die Publikation kommentiert die Bestandsentwicklung und Nutzung dieser ...

traveler passing by ship in front of the peninsula during the 1st c. A.D. would have marveled at a continuous chain of private villas lining the coast (figs. 1-2). Although evidence of these villas survives to the present ...