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Nabataean temple in Dhat Ras on the Jordanian Royal Road. The Nabataeans were an Arab, nomadic people who dominated the silk- and spice trade between the Orient and the near East. They are the builders of Petra, the "red-rose city in the desert".
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Nabataean temple in Dhat Ras on the Jordanian Royal Road. The Nabataea...

Nabataean temple in Dhat Ras on the Jordanian Royal Road. The Nabataeans were an Arab, nomadic people who dominated the silk- and spice trade between the Orient and the near East. They are the builders of Petra, the "red-rose city in the desert".
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Nabataean temple in Dhat Ras on the Jordanian Royal Road. The Nabataea...

Lehun, a settlement inhabited between the 3rd BCE and the Arab conquest, has a small Nabataean temple, 6 x 6 m.
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Lehun, a settlement inhabited between the 3rd BCE and the Arab conquest, h...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Block monuments, perhaps tombs,along the road leading towards the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. A votive block in the Siq, the narrow gorge which leads to the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The Siq, a narrow, 1,2 km long gorge hemmed in by 100 m-high cliffs, leads into the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The Siq, a narrow, 1,2 km long gorge hemmed in by 100 m-high cliffs, leads into the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Remains of giant figures carved into the soft rock of the Siq, the narrow gorge that leads into the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. A water conduit runs through the Siq, the narrow gorge that leads into the inner city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Water conduit along the walls of the Siq, and remains of giant statues carved into the soft stone.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The first glimpse of Petra is the so-called "Treasury" or Khazne Firaun, seen through the narrow opening of the Siq.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The "Treasury", a 40m-high, Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms may have been a temple or funeral monument.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...