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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 ...

Adventurer and writer Alice Morrison visits the ancient Nabatean civilisation's second city, Hegra, established as their influence spread. The archaeological site of Hegra has only recently opened up ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jordan is a wondrous little land steeped in history. It could also have an Indian connection, as we discovered, unexpectedly. We had come to an arid little town, backed by bare mountains, to visit ...