Arabian Peninsula Archive 

Arabian Peninsula Archive publishes archival documentary films on the history, archaeology and cultures of the Arabian Peninsula - its kingdoms and languages, its monuments and traditions, and the myths told about it.

The region is usually described from outside, and usually as an absence: empty desert, nothing before oil. The record says otherwise. It survives in inscriptions, excavation reports, customs registers, and the accounts of people who were there.

Every film is built from published editions and primary sources. Where the evidence is a single attestation, or a later tradition rather than a contemporary record, the narration says so. Where scholars disagree, the film says that too.

Full bibliographies, primary sources and image credits appear in every description. Corrections are welcome and are acknowledged.