Kennedy, David; Houghton, Paul; Banks, Rebecca

Kites in Arabia

In this book, Professor David Kennedy explores all aspects of kites and related structures in the deserts and lava fields of the Middle East from their discovery, basic function to more elaborate arrays of kites. Together with examples and case studies, he explores these intriguing structures and the methods being employed to better understand them. In particular, the use of aerial archeology techniques from airborne photography in the early days to today's use of Google Earth and similar tools.