Corals in the Desert: Recent Discoveries of Red Sea Corals in Byzantine and Early Islamic Sites in the Negev Desert
Corals have been commercially exploited for many centuries all over the world (Jiménez and Orejas 2017). Traditionally, they have been regarded as mystical objects and hybrid organisms. Their skeletons have commonly been used as remedies and as amulets or jewelry, and they have represented an exotic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 238-245 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Negev
/ Corals
/ Red Sea
/ Commerce
/ Aristoteles 384 BC-322 BC
/ Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114
/ Theophrastus 369 BC-288 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages |
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