Photograph by Taylor Kennedy, Nat Geo Image Collection “If you’d like to visit Petra, you can’t cover it in one day,” says ...

Archaeologists have made an incredible discovery at Petra, the Nabataean capital in Jordan. They found a highly developed hydraulic system that challenges the long-held belief that advanced hydraulics ...

The origin story of the Nabataeans remains a mystery to many. Learn what experts have theorized about their history and culture. Aside from their appearance in the historical records of the Greeks, ...

AMMAN — Ancient inscriptions found in the Eastern Desert reveal relations between Nabateans and bedouin tribes and depict daily life as well as major political events, wars and revolts, said a ...

The camel-mounted warriors of Nabataea were so skilled that they brutally slayed nearly 4,600 Greek soldiers during a single battle in 312 B.C. The Nabataean merchants held a monopoly on Silk Road ...

Jane Taylor has many accomplishments, but in Jordan especially, her name is inextricably linked to Petra, because of her unsurpassed photographs of the site. Her latest book, “Petra and the Lost ...

The story of the Nabataeans is a fascinating, and integral, part of the Petra story. At its height - in the century or so prior to and after the birth of Christ - the Nabataean empire included parts ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - The emergence of the Nabataeans is connected with the incense trade between southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula and the Mediterranean ports. First historical records ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

The Nabatean temple was dedicated to the god Dushara and is believed to date back to a time when Nabataean people lived in the Phlegrean Peninsula. Archaeologists from two universities in Naples, ...