Uncovering ancient footprints : Armenian inscriptions and the pilgrimage routes of the Sinai / by Michael E. Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Michael E., 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeological expeditions--Egypt--Sinai.

Archaeological expeditions.

Inscriptions, Armenian--Egypt--Sinai.

Inscriptions, Armenian.

Christian antiquities--Egypt--Sinai.

Christian antiquities.

Armenians--Egypt--Sinai--History.

Armenians.

Sinai (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Sinai (Egypt).

Sinai (Egypt)--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2017]

Summary:

In the later 1970s and up to 1982, Michael E. Stone conducted a number of expeditions to the Sinai peninsula, searching for ancient inscriptions and Armenian pilgrimage routes. The book describes the process of his search, crowned by the discovery of the most ancient Armenian inscriptions known. However, the focus of his interest and travel was much broader, and the book is replete with information about the Sinai, its denizens, its past and present, its human inhabitants, its flora and fauna, and its history.

Contents:

Introduction: the Armenians

Sinai diary

How it all started

The first expedition, March 4-5, 1979

The second expedition, May 9-17, 1979

The third expedition: the central Sinai route, June 16-18, 1979

Fourth expedition: Mt. Sinai, February 23-25, 1980

Negev diary, April 19-21, 1990

Retrospective, 2016.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.