THE SARCOPHAGUS OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION : Petra, Edom and the Edomites. By George Livingstone Robinson , with an introduction by Dr W. F. Albright, Professor in Johns Hopkins University and formerly Director of the American School of Oriental Research, Jerusalem. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. pp. 495, with 86 illustrations (2 in colour ), 10 detail plans , and map of Edom. 31 s 6 d .