Dûmat al-Jandal. 2800 years of History in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Dûmat al-Jandal. 2800 years of History in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia
Guillaume Charloux, Romolo Loreto
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© Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, 2013
King Fahd National Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Charloux Guillaume; Loreto Romolo
Dûmat al-Jandal 2800 years of History in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/Guillaume Charloux;
Romolo Loreto - Riyâdh 2013
Pages: 140 + covers; Size : 23 x 32 cm
ISBN: 978-603-8136-22-5
1- City Planning - Doumat al-Jandal 2- Cities and Towns, Ancient - Arabia 3- Cities and
Towns, Ruined, extinct, etc. - Saudi Arabia
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Written and edited by Guillaume Charloux (CNRS, UMR 8167, Orient & Méditerranée, Paris) and
Romolo Loreto (University l’Orientale, Naples), directors of the Saudi–Italian–French Archaeological
Project at Dûmat al-Jandal (Saudi Arabia).
Published with the support of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS France)
Page set up by Claudia Berger, Paris 2012
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Pages in english are numbered from 1 to 70
Pages in arabic are numbered from ۱ to ٧۰
Photographs & drawings: © Saudi-Italian-French Archaeological Project in Dûmat al-Jandal.
Authors: Guillaume Charloux, Marianne Cotty, Hélène David, Romolo Loreto, Laila Nehmé,
Jérémie Schiettecatte, Pierre Siméon & Matthieu Thomas
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2,800 years of history and glory 13 Monuments 39
Mârid Castle, the fortress of Dûma 40
An oasis in North Arabia 15 The `Umar bin al-Khattâb Mosque 42
The “Gate of the Najd” 16 Ancient villages 44
The ancient caravan trails 18 Enclosures 46
Early explorers 20 19th century castles and towers 48
Archaeological sites in the Jawf Region 22 Searching for Qasr Jawhar 50
The ancient hydraulic system 52
History 24 The western enclosure 54
A Nabataean triclinium 56
The prehistory of the Jawf Region 25
Adummatu, North Arabia and Assyria 27
Field archaeology 58
Nabataean times 29
Roman control over Dumata 31 Recording in order to preserve 59
The expeditions of the Prophet and the Islamic period 33 Reconstruction of the ancient landscape 61
Modern History: 19th century 35 Fauna from past to present 63
Contemporary History: 20th century 37 Pottery from the past 65
Excavating in order to understand 67
Protection of Saudi heritage 69
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