Revealing the Beauty of Early Islamic Art
The article highlights that the most elaborate and expansive mosaic floors ever discovered in the Holy Land is once again access- sible to the public. It also discusses at the time of in the 1930s at the site of Khirbat al-Mafjar just north of Jericho, the nearly 9,000-square- foot mosaic adorned th...
| Format: | Print Article |
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| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical archaeology
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| Further subjects: | B
EXCAVATION
B Antiquities B Mosaic floors B Cultural property B Palestine |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The article highlights that the most elaborate and expansive mosaic floors ever discovered in the Holy Land is once again access- sible to the public. It also discusses at the time of in the 1930s at the site of Khirbat al-Mafjar just north of Jericho, the nearly 9,000-square- foot mosaic adorned the floor of a large bathhouse and palatial complex built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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