A description of the first exploration of Petra
After Burckhardt’s ‘rediscovery’ of Petra in 1812, no other Europeans were able to visit the site until William John Bankes led an expedition in 1818. Unlike Burckhardt, Bankes and his companions were granted two days in which they could freely explore and record as much as possible. They used the t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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IFAPO
2008
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Syria
Year: 2008, Volume: 85, Pages: 377-378 |
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| Summary: | After Burckhardt’s ‘rediscovery’ of Petra in 1812, no other Europeans were able to visit the site until William John Bankes led an expedition in 1818. Unlike Burckhardt, Bankes and his companions were granted two days in which they could freely explore and record as much as possible. They used the time to the full, and with great energy and skill produced an astonishingly large collection of information. Bankes kept a journal recording the journey from Jerusalem around the southern end of the... |
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| ISSN: | 2076-8435 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Syria
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/syria.493 |