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Amurath to Amurath: A Journey Along the Banks of the Euphrates Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 498
ISBN: 9781593331535
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2004
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Gertrude Bell, the well-known explorer and archaeologist, began her extensive travels in the Near East in 1892. In her trips, she surveyed and photographed the areas which she visited and investigated archeological sites.
Explorations in Bible Lands During the 19th Century Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 958
ISBN: 9781593331160
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2004
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book is a historical sketch of archaeological explorations of the biblical lands of Assyria, Babylonia, Palestine, Egypt, Arabia and Hittite areas. It conceives the resurrection of the principal ancient nations of Western Asia and Egypt. Contains nearly 200 illustrations and four maps.
Culinary Tourism Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780813122922
Pub Date: 26 Dec 2003
Series: Material Worlds
Illustrations: photos
Description:
Culinary Tourism is the first book to consider food as both a destination and a means for tourism. The book's contributors examine the many intersections of food, culture and tourism in public and commercial contexts, in private and domestic settings, and around the world. The contributors argue that the sensory experience of eating provides people with a unique means of communication.
The Land of Moab: Travels & Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea & Jordan Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 456
ISBN: 9781593330811
Pub Date: 04 Oct 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
The object of Tristram's expedition was a careful examination of the then-contemporary state of a country frequently referred to in the Old Testament, and intimately connected with Jewish history, but which had not been traversed at leisure by any explorer since the fall of the Roman empire.
Narrative of a Visit to the Syrian [Jacobite] Church of Mesopotamia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781593330224
Pub Date: 11 Jun 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Southgate's encounters with the Syriac-speaking Christians of Turkey shed a light on the life and status of this ancient Christian minority.
Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia Cover Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia Cover
Format: 
Pages: 512
ISBN: 9781593330019
Pub Date: 13 Mar 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pages: 532
ISBN: 9781593330026
Pub Date: 13 Mar 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Layard relates fascinating tales of his adventures in Persia and Mesopotamia before the discovery of Nineveh.
Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia Cover Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia Cover
Format: 
Pages: 532
ISBN: 9781593330026
Pub Date: 13 Mar 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pages: 512
ISBN: 9781593330019
Pub Date: 13 Mar 2003
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Layard relates fascinating tales of his adventures in Persia and Mesopotamia before the discovery of Nineveh.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race (vol 1) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 324
ISBN: 9781931956895
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book documents the journey of Lady Anne Blunt (d. 1917) to Arabia in 1875. Hunt was a talented artist and the founder of the famous Crabbet Stud of England.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race (vol 2) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781931956901
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This book documents the journey of Lady Anne Blunt (d. 1917) to Arabia in 1875. Hunt was a talented artist and the founder of the famous Crabbet Stud of England.
A Woman in the Sahara Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 404
ISBN: 9781931956772
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
This is a fascinating travel journey through the Sahara that began in 1912, by one of the most well- traveled women of the early twentieth century. Gordon paints the picture of the Sahara and its inhabitants through the eyes of a woman.
In the Levant Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 340
ISBN: 9781931956826
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
A travel through the Holy Land, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Aegean Islands; with many illustrations. The author is "the most likable of all the later American essayists" (Cambridge History of American and English Literature).
Ventures Among the Arabs in Desert, Tent and Town Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 380
ISBN: 9781931956789
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
The story of a Christian missionary who lived for thirteen years amongst the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom, and the great peninsula of Arabia. Forder says, “My story is a simple record of ventures just as they occurred, a transcript of personal experiences and beliefs. It is sent forth to what I believe is a sympathetic public.
Land of Israel. A Journey of Travel in Palestine Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 704
ISBN: 9781931956574
Pub Date: 17 Oct 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
Tristram says "In the belief that this field was not yet exhausted, I spent, accompanied by a small party of friends, in 1863-4, a period of nearly ten months in the examination chiefly of the geology and natural history of the country."
In the Holy Land Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9781931956703
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2002
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
In the Holy Land is a descriptive account of travel through the holy sites in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, and Turkey. Illustrated with photos from eighteen engravings, the book is a story of travel and excavations.
How the Codex Was Found Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 156
ISBN: 9780971309791
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2001
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
A vibrant tale of two journeys to St. Catharine's Monastery in Mount Sinai that lead to the discovery of an ancient codex containing an old version of the Syriac Gospels.
My Nestorian Adventure in China: Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 380
ISBN: 9780971309760
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2001
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
The narrative of this book relates the quest to bring a "Nestorian" monument--China's earliest record of Christianity--to the West. Holm vividly describes temples, synagogues and mosques, common natives and Buddhist priests, prisoners, soldiers, and guards.