The Nabataeans piped water in from springs outside the city and carved channels into the rock to collect rainwater. They also built dams and reservoirs to store water. Petra contains more than 600 ...

Legends of lost riches had swirled around that ... this most precious of resources, the inventive Nabataeans used water to grow their city. Petra flourished as spice routes developed that linked ...

Sharjah - Visitors will explore the relationship and connections that linked Petra as a centre of ... the civilisation of the Arab Nabataeans and their 'Rose City'. Visitors will explore the ...

Though they occupied various areas of southern Jordan, Arabia, and the Naqab (or Negev) Desert, the Nabataeans made Petra, surrounded by sandstone mountains and cliffs, their capital city.

Things drastically changed for the Nabataeans and Petra around AD 106 when Romans peacefully took control of Petra (the ...