Before the 14 reports on recent archaeological work in Arabia, 10 papers honor the memory of A. F. L. Beeston (1911-95), a pillar of the profession, with personal accounts of him and studies on topics of particular interest to him. The reports include the Tylos burials in Bahrain, Arabic rock inscriptions of south Sinai, and Yemeni oceanic policy at the end of the 13th century. There is no index. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)