According to Strabo, there were no slaves in Nabatean society, and all members shared in work duties. The Nabateans worshipped a variety of local gods, such as the sun god, Dushara, and the goddess ...

A feathered serpent descends from the stairs of the pyramid. The ancient Nabateans built parts of their capital city right into the rock faces of cliffs in southwestern Jordan. The capital was ...

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Various peoples have settled here over the millennia, including the Nabateans, who created the famous rock-cut city of Petra in Jordan, and also stamped their signature on the tombs at Hegra ...

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In 363 AD a devastating earthquake struck the city, destroying an estimated third of the site. The ancient Nabateans who created Petra held a particular reverence for the sun, which they viewed as a ...

Petra is one of those places I've always wanted to see. (Troy and the caves at Qumran are two of the others,) Those Nabateans were mysterious but they were stone geniuses. And pink sandstone at that.