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Books like Petra

What to read after Petra by Jane Taylor: 24 titles sharing themes of Archaeology, Middle East, Travel, and Reference, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to Petra

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Petra.

Ramesses Loved by Ptah The History of a Colossal Royal Statue — Susanna Thomas

Ramesses Loved by Ptah The History of a Colossal Royal Statue

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

The Holy Land An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 — Jerome Murphy-O’Connor

The Holy Land An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 — Jerome Murphy-O’Connor

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Jerusalem, Israel, Petra & Sinai — Fabrizio Ardito

Jerusalem, Israel, Petra & Sinai

Fabrizio Ardito

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Characters and Collections — Alice Stevenson

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Characters and Collections

Alice Stevenson

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Knowledge — James J. Wood, Sr.

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Knowledge

James J. Wood, Sr.

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Walking the Nile — Levison Wood

Walking the Nile

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt — Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall

A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt

Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Monuments of Syria An Historical Guide — Ross Burns

Monuments of Syria An Historical Guide

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt — William J. Murnane

The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt

William J. Murnane

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile — Amelia B. Edwards

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

Amelia B. Edwards

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

God’s Gold A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem — Sean A. Kingsley

God’s Gold A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem

Sean A. Kingsley

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Travels and Discoveries in the Levant: Volume 2 — Newton Charles Thomas

Travels and Discoveries in the Levant: Volume 2

Newton Charles Thomas

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Travel

Where Dreams May Come (2 Vol. Set) Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World — Gil Renberg

Where Dreams May Come (2 Vol. Set) Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Reference

Nefertiti Egypt’s Sun Queen — Joyce Tyldesley

Nefertiti Egypt’s Sun Queen

Joyce Tyldesley

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Texts from the Pyramid Age — Nigel C. Strudwick

Texts from the Pyramid Age

Nigel C. Strudwick

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Rome in the East The Transformation of an Empire — Warwick Ball

Rome in the East The Transformation of an Empire

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Damascus A History — Ross Burns

Damascus A History

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Pyramids The Real Story Behind Egypt’s Most Ancient Monuments — Joyce A. Tyldesley

Pyramids The Real Story Behind Egypt’s Most Ancient Monuments

Joyce A. Tyldesley

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Pharaoh’s Land and Beyond Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors — Pearce Paul Creasman

Pharaoh’s Land and Beyond Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors

Pearce Paul Creasman

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

King Tut’s Tomb — Emily Rose Oachs

King Tut’s Tomb

Emily Rose Oachs

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

The Egyptians — Gillian Chapman

Gillian Chapman

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Women of Babylon Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia — Zainab Bahrani

Women of Babylon Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Roman Sculpture in Context — Peter D. De Staebler

Roman Sculpture in Context

Peter D. De Staebler

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

Pyramid — James Putnam

Themes: Archaeology • Middle East • Social Science

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Archaeology, Middle East, Travel — the same threads that run through Petra by Jane Taylor. Among the authors featured: Susanna Thomas, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Fabrizio Ardito, Alice Stevenson, and others.

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