Few ancient civilizations have left an architectural footprint quite as indelible as the Nabateans did in Petra, southern Jordan. Majestic temples, burial chambers and homes still stand, carved around ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery beneath Al-Khazneh, Petra’s famous Treasury building, may unlock secrets about its construction and the mysterious Nabatean civilization that built it. A team ...

The 2,000-year-old desert city created an adventurous backdrop for Indiana Jones, but today, drought, floods, and sandstorms imperil it. Ancient technology could be the key to surviving. The most ...

Stones carved with foliage which once twined around the altar of an ancient Nabatean goddess have been returned to Jordan, after an Oxford academic helped a Spanish art dealer to identify them as ...

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, ...

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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 ...

A new study claims the ruins at Petra, Jordan were built to align with the sun during the solstices and equinoxes Despite the breadth of the ruins, only 85% have ever been excavated Little is known ...