Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam, the supposition that Mecca was a trading center thriving on the export of aromati
The hagiographic works of the Palestinian monk John Rufus, a priest at Antioch and a disciple of the great anti-Chalcedonian leader Peter the Iberian at Gaza, are the main sources for our knowledge o
Compares the pre-first millennium BC law collections of the ancient Near East; more specifically: Mesopotamia, Egypt and Hatti. This title intends to highlight and explain consistent differences in bo
Depuydt (Egyptology, Brown U.) has written this textbook on attribute mathematics to show the link between binary thought in digital technologies and the fact that this "other mathematics" deals with
Investigates three ancient Nabataean sites: the Great Temple, a ceremonial site in Petra, Jordan; the North Ridge tombs, a funerary site, also in Petra; and, the sanctuary at Khirbet et-Tannur, some 7
