EditorialPetra 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 main temple of Petra, called " Qasr el-Bint Firaun" by the local Beduins, " Palace of the ...
EditorialPetra 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 o...