Leuke Kome (Greek: λευκή κώμη, lit. 'white village') was a Nabataean port city located on the Incense Route. It may have been in the vicinity of the village...
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discovered here are identified by most researchers with the Nabataean port of Leuke Kome, mentioned by Strabo, among others. It lay on a trade route; it is estimated...
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inscriptions Jabal al-Baidain Jabal al-ʿHayn Jubail Church Land of Tema Leuke Kome Marid Castle Near Eastern bioarchaeology Old Town, Al-'Ula Qal'at al-Qatif...
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furthermore maintained a small legionary garrison in the Nabataean port of Leuke Kome (meaning "the white village", located north of the Arabian port of Jeddah)...
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portal List of World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia Iram of the Pillars Leuke Kome Lihyan Nabataeans List of colossal sculptures in situ Ancient towns in...
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the inscriptions says only that it lay between former Nabataean port of Leuke Kome and the land of Saba, as did that of Arabitai. These latter people are...
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Nabataeans. They crossed the Red Sea, and after fourteen days landed at Leuke Kome in the land of the Nabataeans. Thence, they proceeded by foot and by camel...
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Diodorus describes is located in northwest Arabia, around the area of Leuke Kome, within the former Nabataean Kingdom and the Roman province of Arabia...
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Princeton University Press p. 51. Dario Nappo (2010). 'On the location of Leuke Kome' Journal of Roman Archaeology Vol. 23, pp. 335-348. Articles and photos...
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White village may refer to: Leuke Kome, (lit. "White Village" in Greek), former Nabataean port city in Saudi Arabia White Towns of Andalusia, a series...
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Petra, is certainly distinct from the Hauara of Stephen of Byzantium, the Leuke kome of the Greeks, a harbour of the Red Sea; but it has been impossible to...
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period. Nautical and topographical considerations on the location of Leuke Kome." Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 26(2):31-42. Pedersen, Ralph...
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on January 23, and whose relics were venerated in neighbouring city of Leuke. Cyril and his successor, Paul, are mentioned by Nicephorus Callistus and...
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