EditorialMale figurine, Nabataean, Nabataean, Date ca. 1st century A.D., From Levant, Petra, Nabataean, Ceramic, 1.77 x 2.32 in. (4.5 x 5.89 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture.
EditorialSmall lamp, Nabataean, Nabataean, Date ca. 1st century A.D., From Levant, Petra, Nabataean, Ceramic, 1.14 x 1.46 x 3.35 in. (2.9 x 3.71 x 8.51 cm), Ceramics-Vessels.
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. El-Wueira, a crusaders' fortress built by Frankish knights in 1116, on a crest where before a Nabataean outpo...
EditorialThe " Scorpion Path", in biblical times the frontier of Judah against the Edomites. A Nabataean-Byzantine road crossed the barren hills. Three Roman forts lined the road.
EditorialGerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. Triumphal Arch in the south of the city; erected for Emperor Hadrian's visit to Gerasa in 129 / 130...
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 " Kings' Wall", with supposed tombs of Nabataean royalty.
EditorialNabataean 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&qu...
EditorialThe " Scorpion Path", in biblical times the frontier of Judah against the Edomites. A Nabataean-Byzantine road crossed the barren hills. Three Roman forts lined the road.
EditorialMale head from Petra. Parthian influence in the Phrygian cap, the four rows of tight curls and the thick, curly beard arranged in spirals. The sculpture may be the head of a Nabataean priest. Limestone,1st CE.