AMMAN — The infrastructure of Petra, the capital of the ancient Nabateans, still remains a mystery to most people who visit this heritage site. The focus of tourists when they arrive to Petra is to ...

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For almost 2,000 years, a once-bustling city in the desert of Saudi Arabia was left abandoned to the sands of time. Hegra, a thriving international trade hub in the first century AD, fell into a ...

Jordan is a wondrous little land steeped in history. It could also have an Indian connection, as we discovered, unexpectedly. We had come to an arid little town, backed by bare mountains, to visit ...

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 ...

Madain Saleh isn’t as well-known as Petra, but the Nabateans’ second-largest city played a crucial role in their mysterious empire. As always, our Saudia Airline flight from Riyadh to Medina started ...

Adventurer and writer Alice Morrison visits the ancient Nabatean civilisation's second city, Hegra, established as their influence spread. The archaeological site of Hegra has only recently opened up ...

Referring to his research and studies in the tribes, Shaikh Sultan said in a call made on Thursday to the live radio programme ‘Al Rabia’a wal nas’, aired from Ajman Channel 4 Radio, that ancient ...