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Table of contents :
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Part One: Excavations and Surveys
Chapter I: EXCAVATIONS AT THE NABATEAN SITE OF QUSEIMA (NORTHERN SINAI)
Chapter II: EXCAVATIONS AT THE DAHAB FORTRESS ON THE EASTERN COAST OF THE SOUTHERN SINAI
Chapter III: THE "AHARONI FORTRESS" NEAR QUSIEMA AND THE PROBLEM OF THE "ISRAELITE FORTRESSES"
Chapter IV: THE HILLS OF NORTHWESTERN SINAI: SITES AND LANDSCAPE SURVEY
Chapter V: THE HISTORY OF DARB GHAZA -- THE ANCIENT ROAD TO EILAT AND SOUTHERN SINAI
Part Two: Studies
Chapter VI: "DESERT KITES" IN SINAI AND THE SOUTHERN NEGEV
Chapter VII: WERE THE SINAI ROCK INSCRIPTIONS REALLY INSCRIBED BY "NABATEANS"?
Chapter VIII: AN EXPLANATION OF THE ISRAELITES WANDERINGS IN THE WILDERNESS
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BAR S876 2000

Sinai Excavations and Studies

MESHEL SINAI – EXCAVATIONS AND STUDIES

Ze΄ev Meshel

BAR International Series 876 B A R

2000

Sinai Excavations and Studies

Ze 'ev Meshel

BAR International Series 876 2000

Published in 2016 by BAR Publishing, Oxford BAR International Series 876 Sinai © Z Meshel and the Publisher 2000 The author's moral rights under the 1988 UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act are hereby expressly asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be copied, reproduced, stored, sold, distributed, scanned, saved in any form of digital format or transmitted in any form digitally, without the written permission of the Publisher.

ISBN 9781841710778 paperback ISBN 9781407352169 e-format DOI https://doi.org/10.30861/9781841710778 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library BAR Publishing is the trading name of British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd. British Archaeological Reports was first incorporated in 1974 to publish the BAR Series, International and British. In 1992 Hadrian Books Ltd became part of the BAR group. This volume was originally published by Archaeopress in conjunction with British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd / Hadrian Books Ltd, the Series principal publisher, in 2000. This present volume is published by BAR Publishing, 2016.

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CONTENTS Map of Sinai ... ... ..... ........ .... . ... ... ...... .... .. ...... ... ....... .. .......... .. ... ... ....... ...... .. ... ...... ......... ii Introduction and Acknowledgements... .... ........ ........... ... ...... .. ..... ... ... .... ...... .... . ... .... ....... . iii

Part one:

Excavations and Surveys

Chapter I:

Excavations at the Nabatean Site of Quseima (Northern Sinai)....... ...... ..... .... 3

Chapter II:

Excavations at the Dahab Fortress on the Eastern Coast of the Southern Sinai..... .. ............ .. ... .... .. ... ...... ... ....... .... . ... .... .. ... 18

Chapter Ill:

The "Aharoni Fortress" near Quseima... ... ...... ... ........... .... ........ .... ......... ... 48

Chapter IV:

The Hills of Northwestern Sinai - Sites and Landscape Survey... ...... ... ... ...... 74

Chapter V:

The History of Darb Ghaza - the Ancient Road to Eilat and Southern Sinai.................... .... .... ..... .... .... . ... ... ...... .... ....... ... 99

Part two:

Studies

Chapter VI:

"Desert Kites" in Sinai and the Southern Negev...... ......................

Chapter VII:

Were the Sinai Rock Inscriptions really inscribed by "Nabateans"?...... ... ....... ... .. ...... ... ............... ......... ..... . .......... 143

Chapter VIII:

An Explanation of the Israelites' Wanderings in the Wilderness... ... ....... .. .... . 152

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