Nabataeans
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The Nabataeans, also spelled Nabateans, were an ancient Arab people who inhabited the southern Levant and northern Arabia. Their settlements—most prominently the assumed capital city of Raqmu —gave th
Al-Khazneh (the Treasury) in Petra, Jordan
Ad-Deir (the Monastery) in Petra
Qaṣr al-Farīd, the largest tomb in Mada’in Salih (Hegra), Saudi Arabia
Silver drachm of Malichos II with Shaqilat II
Nabataean Kingdom
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The Nabataean Kingdom, also named Nabatea was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom stretched south along the Tihamah into the Hejaz, up as far north as
Nabataeans
…from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. The Nabateans emerged as a distinct civilization and political entity between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC, with the Nabataean Kingdom centered around a loosely controlled trading network that brought considerable wealth and influence across the ancient world. Described as fiercely…
Marble bust of Demetrius I Poliorcetes. Roman copy from 1st century AD of a Greek original from 3rd century BC.
Al-Khazneh was carved into rock by the Nabataeans in their capital, Petra.