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- catalog contributor b7350228.
- catalog coverage "Jordan Antiquities.".
- catalog created "[c1959]".
- catalog date "1959".
- catalog date "[c1959]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c1959]".
- catalog description "I. Jordan: Topography -- climate -- natural history -- the inhabitants -- Department of Antiquities -- II. History of Jordan -- prehistoric periods: Neolithic (800-4500 B.C.) -- Chalcolithic (4500-3000 B.C.) -- Early Bronze Age (3000-2100 B.C.) -- Middle Bronze Age (2100-1500 B.C.) -- Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 B.C.) -- Biblical accounts (c. 2000-1300 B.C.) -- Iron Age (1200-330 B.C.) -- Moabite Stone -- Assyrian annals -- Rise of Babylon -- Persian Empire -- Hellenistic period (331-63 B.C.) -- Rome and Byzantium (63 B.C. -- A.D. 636) -- Islam (A.D. 636)".
- catalog description "III. Irbid -- Umm Qais -- Bait Ras -- Tall al Ashiar -- Al Hammah -- Al Husn -- Qalat al Rabadh -- Ajlun -- History and monuments of Amman -- Araq al Amir -- Madaba -- Mount Nebo -- Zarka Main -- IV. Jarash: rediscovery by Seetzen in 1806 -- Neolithic period -- Hellenistic town -- member of Decapolis -- Golden age in second-third century -- church building and the town's destruction -- description of ruins".
- catalog description "Includes index.".
- catalog description "V. Mukawir -- Dhiban -- Mesha stele -- Al Qasr -- Al Rabbah -- Karak -- Motah -- Mazar -- Dhat Ras -- Khirbat al Tannur -- Dhana -- Shobak -- VI. Petra: rediscovery by Burckhardt in 1812 -- prehistoric period -- settlement by Nabataeans -- Nabataean pottery, script, language, deities and rulers -- attacked by Greeks -- The Roman occupation in A.D. 106 -- monuments -- VII. Maan -- Ras al Naqab -- Quairah -- Khirbat al Khaldi -- Khirbat al Kithara -- History of Aqaba -- Wadi Rum -- Jabal Rum".
- catalog description "VIII. Umm al Jamal: a Nabataean town -- Christian occupation -- abandonment -- the ruins; desert castles: Qasr Hallabat -- Hamam al Sarah -- Al Azraq -- Qasr al Amra -- Qasr al Kharanah -- Qasr al Tuba -- Al Muaqqar -- Al Mashatta; Kilwa -- IX. Jericho: excavation by Dr. Kathleen Kenyon -- Neolithic period: communal life -- implements -- buildings -- religion -- art; Early Bronze Age: improvement of culture -- tombs -- X. Khirbat al Mafjar -- Umayyad palace: growth of palace -- description of ruins -- mosaics -- carved and painted stucco".
- catalog description "XI. Khirbat Qumran: discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls -- estimated date of settlement -- The Essene sect -- The evidence of Josephus -- Site unoccupied (31-4 B.C.) -- library hidden -- sacked by Roman Legion (A.D. 68 or 69) -- the ruins -- XII. The Department of Antiquities: its duties and responsibilities -- protection of sites -- unauthorized sale and smuggling of antiquities -- rewards -- attract of tourists; purchase of Dead Sea Scrolls from Bedu -- Co-operation of foreign institutions; repairing, restoration and keeping of records by department -- need for technical experts -- Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman -- Palestine Archeological Museum in Jerusalem.".
- catalog extent "223 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Antiquities of Jordan.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Antiquities of Jordan.".
- catalog issued "1959".
- catalog issued "[c1959]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London, Lutterworth Press".
- catalog relation "Antiquities of Jordan.".
- catalog spatial "Jordan Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "933 18".
- catalog subject "DS153.3 .H3 1959".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Jordan: Topography -- climate -- natural history -- the inhabitants -- Department of Antiquities -- II. History of Jordan -- prehistoric periods: Neolithic (800-4500 B.C.) -- Chalcolithic (4500-3000 B.C.) -- Early Bronze Age (3000-2100 B.C.) -- Middle Bronze Age (2100-1500 B.C.) -- Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 B.C.) -- Biblical accounts (c. 2000-1300 B.C.) -- Iron Age (1200-330 B.C.) -- Moabite Stone -- Assyrian annals -- Rise of Babylon -- Persian Empire -- Hellenistic period (331-63 B.C.) -- Rome and Byzantium (63 B.C. -- A.D. 636) -- Islam (A.D. 636)".
- catalog tableOfContents "III. Irbid -- Umm Qais -- Bait Ras -- Tall al Ashiar -- Al Hammah -- Al Husn -- Qalat al Rabadh -- Ajlun -- History and monuments of Amman -- Araq al Amir -- Madaba -- Mount Nebo -- Zarka Main -- IV. Jarash: rediscovery by Seetzen in 1806 -- Neolithic period -- Hellenistic town -- member of Decapolis -- Golden age in second-third century -- church building and the town's destruction -- description of ruins".
- catalog tableOfContents "V. Mukawir -- Dhiban -- Mesha stele -- Al Qasr -- Al Rabbah -- Karak -- Motah -- Mazar -- Dhat Ras -- Khirbat al Tannur -- Dhana -- Shobak -- VI. Petra: rediscovery by Burckhardt in 1812 -- prehistoric period -- settlement by Nabataeans -- Nabataean pottery, script, language, deities and rulers -- attacked by Greeks -- The Roman occupation in A.D. 106 -- monuments -- VII. Maan -- Ras al Naqab -- Quairah -- Khirbat al Khaldi -- Khirbat al Kithara -- History of Aqaba -- Wadi Rum -- Jabal Rum".
- catalog tableOfContents "VIII. Umm al Jamal: a Nabataean town -- Christian occupation -- abandonment -- the ruins; desert castles: Qasr Hallabat -- Hamam al Sarah -- Al Azraq -- Qasr al Amra -- Qasr al Kharanah -- Qasr al Tuba -- Al Muaqqar -- Al Mashatta; Kilwa -- IX. Jericho: excavation by Dr. Kathleen Kenyon -- Neolithic period: communal life -- implements -- buildings -- religion -- art; Early Bronze Age: improvement of culture -- tombs -- X. Khirbat al Mafjar -- Umayyad palace: growth of palace -- description of ruins -- mosaics -- carved and painted stucco".
- catalog tableOfContents "XI. Khirbat Qumran: discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls -- estimated date of settlement -- The Essene sect -- The evidence of Josephus -- Site unoccupied (31-4 B.C.) -- library hidden -- sacked by Roman Legion (A.D. 68 or 69) -- the ruins -- XII. The Department of Antiquities: its duties and responsibilities -- protection of sites -- unauthorized sale and smuggling of antiquities -- rewards -- attract of tourists; purchase of Dead Sea Scrolls from Bedu -- Co-operation of foreign institutions; repairing, restoration and keeping of records by department -- need for technical experts -- Jordan Archaeological Museum in Amman -- Palestine Archeological Museum in Jerusalem.".
- catalog title "The antiquities of Jordan.".
- catalog type "text".