| 书目名称 | Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra | | 副标题 | Driver to Developmen | | 编辑 | Douglas C. Comer | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Evaluates effect of tourism on one of the world‘s most important archaeological heritage sites.Includes an introduction writtten by Henry Cleere, first President of the International Committee on Arch | | 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Archaeology | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .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 t | | 出版日期 | Book 2012 | | 关键词 | Petra archaeological site; archaeological site management in the Middle East; effects of tourism at Pe | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1481-0 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-1480-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-1481-0Series ISSN 1861-6623 Series E-ISSN 2192-4910 | | issn_series | 1861-6623 | | copyright | The Author(s) 2012 |
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