Nabatean

At the end of the winding path, I caught sight of the spectacular Treasury, carved out of the pink rock by Nabatean Arabs two millennia ago.

Yvonne Yorke: PHOTOS: Cerebral Cruising Towards Antiquity Yvonne Yorke 2012

Bugelli, who also visited Jordan's most well-known heritage site, the 2,000-year-old Nabatean city of Petra, added: "It is a unique and irreplaceable landmark that belongs to all of us, to all humanity, and we must try to preserve and protect it for as long as we can."

Ruth Eglash: Middle Eastern Students Learn That History Can Unite Ruth Eglash 2011

Second Lady Jill Biden and her husband Vice President Joe Biden visited the Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan today, which looks like rough terrain.

Jill Biden Sports Sneakers With Dress In South Jordan: Style Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) 2010

Second Lady Jill Biden and her husband Vice President Joe Biden visited the Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan today, which looks like rough terrain.

Jill Biden Sports Sneakers With Dress In South Jordan: Style Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) 2010

And it is surrounded by archaeological sites dating back 10,000 years – Nabatean ruins, Roman copper mines, Byzantine churches, neolithic villages.

Jordan's green crusade 2010

In A.D. 177, King Abgar of Osrhoene, a kingdom of Nabatean tribes from the northern Arabian Peninsula, made the city his capital, first under the protection of the Parthian Empire of ancient Persia.

Turkish Delights 2010

His marriage to Cyprus, the daughter of a Nabatean aristocrat, is proof of this.

Herodian Women. 2009

Antipas had previously been married to a Nabatean princess, daughter of the Nabatean king Aretas.

Herodian Women. 2009

The village was predominantly Nabatean in population makeup, but a sizeable Jewish community was formed there between the two revolts against Rome (73 – 132 C.E.).

Babatha. 2009

She persuaded her father to ally himself with the Nabatean king against Herod (Ant. 15: 166 – 168).

Hasmonean Women. 2009