Section 05
Cedar
Three thousand years of export.
05Three entries on a timber: what made it useful, who recorded cutting it, and what it was cut for.
Entries in this section
3 entries- 05.1Cedrus libani
Straight, resinous, rot-resistant and very large — exported to Egypt and Mesopotamia for three thousand years, which is why so little old growth is left.
- 05.2Wadi Brissa
Nebuchadnezzar II had reliefs cut into the rock recording his timber expedition.
- 05.3What it was for
Temple roofs, palace beams and ships — the uses that justified moving it that far.
Located, then read
Every entry in this section names a place you can put a pin in. Coordinates come from the register; the entries carry the argument.