Abstract
After Burckhardt's ‘rediscovery’ of Petra in 1812, no other Europeans were able to visit the site until William John Bankes led an expedition in 1818. Unlike Burckhardt, Bankes and his companions were granted two days in which they could freely explore and record as much as possible. They used the time to the full, and with great energy and skill produced an astonishingly large collection of information.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Arts and Humanities,Cultural Studies
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