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Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra - Driver to Development or Destruction? (Paperback, 2012)
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Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra - Driver to Development or Destruction? (Paperback, 2012)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeological Heritage Management
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Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the
last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some
years. Petra burst into popular consciousness with the release of
enormously popular motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.
Moviegoers all over the world were introduced to some of the
spectacular scenic wonders of Petra: the Siq, a narrow chasm with
colorful, towering sandstone walls, and Al-Khazna, the exquisitely
carved tomb for a Nabataean king. For centuries, the Nabataeans
controlled the trade in precious commodities across the Arabian
Peninsula, bring spices from Southeast Asia, incense from
present-day Yemen, gold and ivory from Africa, and silk from the
Far East across the Empty Quarter to ports on the western
Mediterranean. In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World
Heritage Sites. Since then, low cost jet travel and a fast highway
from the capital city of Amman have made the site increasingly
accessible. The Jordanian government has made attracting tourists
to Jordan a top priority. For all of the attention that Petra has
received, it is still surprisingly poorly understood. A widely
accepted chronology of the city, even the dates of major tombs and
monuments, has yet to be established. Even the mystery of why and
how Arab nomads adopted a sedentary lifestyle and built a great
city has yet to be fully explained. Will Petra's popularity as a
tourism destination overshadow the importance of addressing these
questions, and, more importantly, will tourism damage the
archaeological remains there in ways that make answers more
difficult or even impossible to find?
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Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
SpringerBriefs in Archaeological Heritage Management |
Release date: |
December 2011 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Douglas C. Comer
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
187 |
Edition: |
2012 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4614-1480-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
Archaeology by period / region >
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LSN: |
1-4614-1480-6 |
Barcode: |
9781461414803 |
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