Alessandra Avanzini
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Husn Salut and the Iron Age of South East Arabia

Excavations of the Italian Mission to Oman 2004-2014

The ancient oasis of Salut, located on the deserts fringes in the heart of the Oman Peninsula, not far from the modern cities of Nizwa and Bahla, is distinguished by its rich archaeological landscape, which the Italian Mission to Oman has been investigating for more than ten years. The impressive Iron Age site of Husn Salut was the focus of the coeval settlement of the area, and in all likelihood it was also a key site at the regional level. Founded in...
Arabia Antica - Archaeological and Philological Series, 15
2018, pp. 424
ISBN: 9788891316363
Arabia Antica - Archaeological and Philological Series, 15
2018, pp. 424
ISBN: 9788891316363

By Land and by Sea

A History of South Arabia before Islam recounted from Inscriptions

In our collective memory there still lies the Queen of Sheba, her journey to Jerusalem to meet the wise King Salomon, or the Arabia Felix with its fame associated in the classical world with frankincense and other precious aromas. Nevertheless the history of the Arabia Felix, the country of the Queen of Sheba, is not well known to a wider public. At the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, in south-western Arabia, in the region that today corresponds to the...
Arabia Antica - Archaeological and Philological Series, 10
2016, pp. 376
ISBN: 9788891311108
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Arabia Antica - Archaeological and Philological Series, 10
2016, pp. 376
ISBN: 9788891311108
  •   Institutions

    Bound

    Format: Paperback
    € 107,00

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    Format: PDF
    € 107,00

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    Format: Paperback
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In the heart of Oman

The castle of Salut

The book presents the results of ten years of archaeological investigations carried out by the Italian Mission to Oman (IMTO), directed by Alessandra Avanzini, at the site of Salut. The volume is linked to the Virtual Museum of Salut (http://ancientoman.cfs.unipi.it). An integral part of the cultural context of East Arabia, designed as the "land of Magan" in Mesopotamian texts, Salut is an important fortified settlement, rising from the plateau at the western...

2015, pp. 220
ISBN: 9788891307712

2015, pp. 220
ISBN: 9788891307712

Profumi d'Arabia

Atti del Convegno

I nomi, le origini, le vie di penetrazione in Occidente, gli usi e il simbolismo "immaginario" che ha contraddistinto per secoli il commercio di incenso, cinnamomo, mirra dalle lontane plaghe d'Oriente ai banchi dei mercati greci e romani. Un viaggio ideale nei secoli dell'antichità classica al seguito di vie carovaniere, di leggende e "magie" levantine che infondono un'atmosfera di sogno agli scambi commerciali e culturali tra Oriente ed Occidente,...
Saggi di Storia Antica, 11
1997, pp. 564
ISBN: 9788870629750
Saggi di Storia Antica, 11
1997, pp. 564
ISBN: 9788870629750