Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 817
ient Arabia, and furnished new material for its reconstruc-tion and for the understanding of its most interesting history,as well as its peculiar conditions with reference to religionand civilization. These materials consist of inscriptionsand monuments, of which especially South Arabia has thusfar… … Head from Minean Tombstone some scholars. In no other country have old manners andcustoms been so firmly retained as among the Semites inWestern Asia, and here again most of all in Arabia; so that a more exact knowledge ofthose customs often fur-nishes an instructive com-mentary upon the life of…
