This iconic structure, believed to date from the reign of Nabataean King Aretas IV (9 BCE – 40 CE), has long captivated visitors with its intricate facade and mysterious legends. For centuries ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Near Naples, Italy, archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Nabataean temple off the coast of Pozzuoli, once the Roman city of Puteoli. This discovery adds a remarkable chapter to the ...

In the twenty-first year of King Maliku, King of the Nabataeans ... Such a reconstruction—the first ever attempted of a woman from the Nabataean period—would have immense value in being ...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is ...

Archaeological signatures of industrial operations are present over long periods of time at two Nabataean pottery workshops in Jordan: az-Zurraba (Petra) and Ayla (Aqaba). "Az-Zurraba, the longest ...