The archaeology of the Second World War has existed since the 1980s in English-language research. However, the vestiges of this conflict were only officially included in French national heritage at the end of 2013. Only since 2014, the year of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy,...
The archaeology of the Second World War has existed since the 1980s in English-language research. However, the vestiges of this conflict were only officially included in French national heritage at the end of 2013. Only since 2014, the year of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy,...
Figure 4 – Grave stela of the knightly Kāthibat hunting ibex, possibly from al-Jawf, 1st–3rd century CE, limestone, 32 x 33 x 9 cm (source: YM 1131, National Museum Ṣanʿāʾ, drawn after photo).
Figure 6 – Phiale excavated from al-Fuwaydah gr. Fu11, shows the earliest example of horse-back riding in Arabia, possibly dates from a PIR.B phase context, w. 16.2 cm, vessel shape MeOB12, National Museum Muscat, DA 13363 (Photo: Gert Weisgerber).
Figure 9 – Selected fortified settlements: a) ancient painting of a defensive town house from Qaryat al-Faw, h. 64 cm (sources: a: al-Ansari 2010: 341 no. 164); b) Shabwa graphic construction of its last state (Darles 2019: 191, Figure 17); c) Post-Ḥimyarite plan of Najrān/Ukhdūd (C. Borchert after...
Figure 5 – Grave and weaponry of an individual of the Samad assemblage of highest social rank. The grave equipment is based largely on that of the robbed Samad gr. S10672. Bow remains have only occurred in one grave in al-Milayḥa. Quiver remains are common in Samad LIA graves (Drawing: Paul Yule).
Figure 1 – ‘Knight’ relief: Ḥimyarite relief with horsemen and foot soldiers. Alabaster. Reconstruction after two fragments. Drawing by Paul Yule (right) and Irene Blome (left) after photographs by DAI-Grünewald (right) and St J. Simpson (left) (right fragment: Zafar Museum (now lost) - left fragmen...
Figure 4 – Grave stela of the knightly Kāthibat hunting ibex, possibly from al-Jawf, 1st–3rd century CE, limestone, 32 x 33 x 9 cm (source: YM 1131, National Museum Ṣanʿāʾ, drawn after photo).
Figure 5 – Grave and weaponry of an individual of the Samad assemblage of highest social rank. The grave equipment is based largely on that of the robbed Samad gr. S10672. Bow remains have only occurred in one grave in al-Milayḥa. Quiver remains are common in Samad LIA graves (Drawing: Paul Yule).
Figure 6 – Phiale excavated from al-Fuwaydah gr. Fu11, shows the earliest example of horse-back riding in Arabia, possibly dates from a PIR.B phase context, w. 16.2 cm, vessel shape MeOB12, National Museum Muscat, DA 13363 (Photo: Gert Weisgerber).
Figure 9 – Selected fortified settlements: a) ancient painting of a defensive town house from Qaryat al-Faw, h. 64 cm (sources: a: al-Ansari 2010: 341 no. 164); b) Shabwa graphic construction of its last state (Darles 2019: 191, Figure 17); c) Post-Ḥimyarite plan of Najrān/Ukhdūd (C. Borchert after...
Figure 1 – ‘Knight’ relief: Ḥimyarite relief with horsemen and foot soldiers. Alabaster. Reconstruction after two fragments. Drawing by Paul Yule (right) and Irene Blome (left) after photographs by DAI-Grünewald (right) and St J. Simpson (left) (right fragment: Zafar Museum (now lost) - left fragmen...
Figure 5 – Grave and weaponry of an individual of the Samad assemblage of highest social rank. The grave equipment is based largely on that of the robbed Samad gr. S10672. Bow remains have only occurred in one grave in al-Milayḥa. Quiver remains are common in Samad LIA graves (Drawing: Paul Yule).
Figure 4 – Grave stela of the knightly Kāthibat hunting ibex, possibly from al-Jawf, 1st–3rd century CE, limestone, 32 x 33 x 9 cm (source: YM 1131, National Museum Ṣanʿāʾ, drawn after photo).