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Selected Photographs of Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Sites
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the ruins of Shaubak Castle (Christian Crusades, 1115 C.E.), constructed by Baldwin I, near modern Shobak. Captured by Saladin in 1189 C.E. and restored by the Mamluks in the 14th century C.E. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the ruins of Shaubak Castle (Christian Crusades, 1115 C.E.), constructed by Baldwin I, near modern Shobak. Captured by Saladin in 1189 C.E. and restored by the Mamluks in the 14th century C.E. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the theater at Petra, perhaps first constructed in the first century C.E. but then expanded under Roman rule in the second century. Its seating capacity may have been as high as 8,000. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the Urn Tomb at Petra. This tomb which may have housed either King Malchus II or Aretas IV expresses Hellenistic inspiration in its pilasters and semi-committed columns. It was converted into a church by Bishop Jason in 447 C.E. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the Urn Tomb at Petra. This tomb which may have housed either King Malchus II or Aretas IV expresses Hellenistic inspiration in its pilasters and semi-committed columns. It was converted into a church by Bishop Jason in 447 C.E. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the Palace Tomb at Petra, whose façade has been thought to imitate a Roman three-story palace. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the Corinthian Tomb from Petra. This tomb combines a variety of styles; the top mirrors the El Khazneh treasury, while the bottom copies the triclinium Bab Al-Siq. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of the Silk Tomb at Petra; its name comes from the richly colored sandstone. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of rooms cut into the hillside, now without facades. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: View of natural pillars and cave at Petra.