Bulletin of Nabataean Studies (BNS)
News from the year 2006
Natural Resources and Cultural Connections of the Red Sea
The Conference «Natural Resources and Cultural Connections of the Red Sea» will be held at the British Museum on the 27th and 28th October 2006
A periodically updated draft programme is available at the Homepage of the «Red Sea Project». Please send Christine Lindner or Janet Starkey any amendments you may wish to make to your abstract at this stage, preferably by 15 May. In particular, please supply up to four bibliographic references to follow your abstract.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference in October. Please do not hesitate to contact either Christine or Janet if you have any further questions or comments on this matter.
Link: www.dur.ac.uk/red.sea/
Seminar for Arabian Studies
The 2006 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 27th – Saturday 29th July 2006.
The conference fee for the three days is £75 or £30 for individual days (the fee for Friends of the British Museum is £40 (£15 per day) and students £20 for three days (£10 per day)). The booking form can also be downloaded from the Seminar’s webpage. A provisional programme for this year’s Seminar is also available from the Seminar’s webpage
Due to increased pressures on accommodation in London, especially in July, only a limited number of rooms have been reserved this year at Aston Hall. The cost of bed and breakfast is £33.00 per night. As rooms are limited it is important to book as soon as possible. The Seminar for Arabian Studies is a non-profit making organisation and we do our very best to kept costs to participants as low as possible. As such, the Committee very much regrets that conference fees must be paid by all, including those presenting papers.
The Seminar for Arabian Studies is keen to encourage individuals that wish to present posters at the Seminar. If you are interested in offering a poster at this year’s Seminar please contact the Secretary at the address above.
Please make sure we have your booking form and payment by 27th of June at the latest. Unfortunately booking fees are non-refundable. Please let us know if you require a letter of invitation or a letter for visa purposes.
5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
With the most great pleasure we announce that the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East will be held at Madrid in April of 2006.
Call for papers and posters is definitely closed!
Ancient Monument Found in Jordan
Posted May 18, 2005 5:07 PM
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a Nabataean monument during an excavation at Jordan’s ancient city of Petra, the English language newspaper Jordan Times reported Wednesday. It quoted Patricia Bikai, who headed the excavation team that made the discovery, as saying that they «initially thought the building was either a shrine or a royal residence. However, after further examination we identified the monument as a banquet hall, which was decorated with 22 stone heads of ancient gods», she added. The monument, which dated back to the first century, was only found last week after a team had been digging in the area for the past four years. The remains of the building, which had probably collapsed after a major earthquake in 363 AD, were buried in its basement that was covered by sand.
Bikai, an archaeologist at the American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR), pointed out that the monument, which dated back to the first century, was only found last week after her team had been digging in the area for the past four years. She said the remains of the building, which had probably collapsed after a major earthquake in 363 AD, were buried in its basement that was covered by sand. The heads were on the capitals of the columns around the main room. «I have never seen anything like it in Petra before», Bikai said, adding that each of the discovered heads was unique and represented a different figure. «We have so far identified eight to 10 of them», she said.
In April last year, French archaeologists unearthed the head of a marble statue believed to be that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, in front of Qasr Al Bint in the ancient city of Petra.
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