῾Abbasid Caliphate
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 2828 words.
As the result of a revolution that culminated In 750ce in the defeat of the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan
Abel, Félix-Marie (1878–1953)
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 427 words.
(1878–1953), professor
of history and geography at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem from 1905 to
Abila
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 1546 words.
city of the Decapolis, located about 15 km (9 mi.) north-northeast of Irbid in northern Jordan. Abila has an occupational
Abu Ḥamid, Tell
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 1105 words.
site located in the Jordan Valley, at 240 m below sea level, on Lisan marl deposits between two small wadis
Abu Hawam, Tell
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 503 words.
10-acre mound on the Mediterranean coast near where the Kishon River empties into the bay of Haifa (map reference 151
Abu Salabikh
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 1131 words.
(modern name, Ar., Tell or Īšān Abū eṣ-Ṣalābīḫ [“father of clinker”]),
city of the fourth and third millennia in southern
Abu Simbel
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 991 words.
colossal temple complex located in the northern Sudan about 200 km (186 mi.) up the Nile from Aswan (22°21′ N,
Abydos
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 1287 words.
one of ancient Egypt's most sacred sites, located in the eighth Upper Egyptian nome, or province (26°11′ N, 31°55′ E).
Achaemenid Dynasty
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 4 words.
Achziv
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
January 1997; published online January 2011.
Reference Entry. Subjects: archaeology of the Near East. 1368 words.
(or Akhzib; Ar., Ez-Zib; Assyr., Accipu),
site located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 15 km (9 mi.) north of