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Power, Memory, and the Sacred: Early Abbasid Monumental Inscriptions and Patronage of the Meccan Sanctuary 权力、记忆和神圣：早期阿巴斯王朝的纪念性铭文和对麦加圣所的赞助

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70018

Mehdy Shaddel

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Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Oasis of al-Ḥāʾiṭ, Ancient Fadak/Padakku (Saudi Arabia) 古法达克/帕达库al- -Ḥā尼哈绿洲考古勘测（沙特阿拉伯）

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70022

Guillaume Charloux, Mohammed al-Hajj, Ahmed al-Shammari, Nasser al-Rashidi, Naif al-Shudukhi, Jérôme Norris

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The Rediscovery of the Necropolis of the Ancient Dumah/Dumata (Dūmat al-Jandal, Saudi Arabia) 古杜玛/杜玛塔墓地的再发现（Dūmat al-Jandal，沙特阿拉伯）

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-03-08 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70020

Romolo Loreto, Alessandra Sperduti, Alessia Vitale, Carmine Andrea Falco, Federica Iovino, Teodoro Cocozza, Martina De Simone, Bruno Marcolongo, Darhan al-Qahtani, Mansur Rafi al-Moutairi, Aiydh al-Qahtani, Nasser al-Ghuraibi, Nader al-Ajmi, Khalil al-Mahre

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Christian Monasticism in Western and Southwestern Arabia: Fifth–Eighth Centuries 阿拉伯西部和西南部的基督教修道：五至八世纪

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-09-25 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70035

David P. George

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Settlement Dynamics and Coastal Change in the Arabian Gulf Neolithic: Wādī aḍ-Ḍubayʿān (Qatar) 阿拉伯海湾新石器时代的聚落动态和海岸变化：Wādī阿拉伯-Ḍubay阿拉伯ān（卡塔尔）

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70033

Richard Thorburn Howard Cuttler, Faisal Al Naimi, Rémy Crassard, Peter Spencer, Howell Magnus Roberts

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The Distribution of Pre-Islamic Burial Cairns in Qatar 卡塔尔前伊斯兰教墓葬石的分布

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-07-04 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70032

Faisal Al-Naimi, Robert A. Carter, Richard N. Fletcher, Ferhan Sakal

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Between Passion and Glory: Plaster Cross Plaque From Ṣīr Banī Yās Island, UAE 激情与荣耀之间：阿拉伯联合酋长国Ṣīr ban' Yās岛的石膏十字匾

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-06-23 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70030

Maria Gajewska

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The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al-Kharj Oasis 阿拉伯中部绿洲的晚期农业发展——al-Kharj绿洲的考古学和考古学研究

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-06-01 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70028

Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte

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A Scatter of Gold—Temple Looting Event or the Votive Offerings of Seafaring Merchants on Failaka Island, Kuwait? 科威特菲拉卡岛零散的金庙劫掠事件还是航海商人的祭品？

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2026-10-10 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70016

Ole Herslund, Gillian Pyke, Urška Furlan, Helle Strehle, Nunzia Larosa, Bianca Badalucco, Alice Salvador, Israel Hinojosa-Baliño, Steffen Terp Laursen

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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Pub Date : 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1111/aae.70008

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