A massive tome, the result of a doctoral thesis that describes in extensive detail excavations carried out on three sites in the ancient ruined city of Tayma in North West Saudi Arabia thought to be an important caravanserai on trade routes between ancient Egypt and the Red Sea coast.  Structures, inscriptions and recovered pottery are described in great detail along with a wealth of site plans.  Hardback in original dustwrapper.  253 pages.  Many colour plates.  Bibliography.  Dual Language text in English and Arabic.  Inferior production has caused the weight of the pages to slightly split the endpapers at the spine, other than that, the book is in good clean condition.  Cat No 1697