These 12 skeletons, silent for two millennia, now have the power to rewrite our understanding of Petra and the Nabataean kingdom, offering a tangible connection to a distant past that continues to ...

Believed to have been settled as early as 9000 B.C., Petra developed into the thriving capital of the Nabataean kingdom. This little-understood Middle Eastern culture ruled much of modern-day ...

An early Nabataean village was formed and developed during the Roman Empire which annexed the Nabataean Kingdom in 106 AD. The Commodus Gate inscription is one of monuments from the phase of the Roman ...

Scientists used new technology to find an ancient monument in the historic trade city of Petra, Jordan, which was once the capital city of the Nabataean kingdom that is now a World Heritage Site.

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 ...

However, this golden age was not to last. After Trajan’s conquest of the Nabataean Kingdom in 106 CE, the region was absorbed into the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, shifting control of trade ...

Petra, Jordan Petra was the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom in the fourth century BC and was called the "Rose City" because of its beautiful pink sandstone cliffs. After thriving as a significant ...

As their kingdom expanded, they founded new centers ... Such a reconstruction—the first ever attempted of a woman from the Nabataean period—would have immense value in being able to tell ...