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According to information boards at the Petra visitor center, the Nabateans began to control water supplies across the 900,000 square mile expanse of the Arabian desert around 300BC – long before they ...

Archaeologists have dug up the remains of two altars from a Nabatean temple, which were discovered underwater on the seabed of Pozzuoli. This region is found within southern Italy, and the ...

Nestled amid the rugged desert canyons of southwestern Jordan, where traders and their caravans of camels once carried silk and frankincense, lies the ancient city of Petra. Known as the “Rose City” ...

The Nabataeans are a civilisation shrouded in mystery. The ancient inhabitants of northern Arabia and the southern Levant are best known for their monumental tombs that are carved out of rock cliffs.

Its majestic facade hidden behind huge rocks, approachable only by a small opening, this city built thousands of years back in the desert of Jordan still holds all the magic and mystery that its ...