Donald Whitcomb

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Featured are thirty-seven illustrations that highlight the magnificence that was the great Islamic port of Ayla on the Gulf of Aqaba. The site is located in modern Aqaba, Jordan and has been excavated by the Oriental Institute under the directorship of Donald Whitcomb since 1986.

• Ayla: Art and Industry in the Islamic Port of Aqaba
• Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1994
• ISBN 0-918986-97-4
• Pp. 32; 37 figures
• Paperback 5.5 x 8.5 in / 14 x 21 cm
• $3.00