Since the Nabateans didn't write down much about their own culture, there is a lot archaeologists don't know about how these people lived and died in Petra. Ms Gilmour says: 'We do not know ...

There is much excitement among archaeologists because of what the rare opportunity to investigate this site might tell us about Petra's ancient people, the Nabataeans, and their culture.

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The excavations, Creasman added, could also lead to a better understanding of the environment in which Petra’s people lived and thrived. “Today, Petra, the Rose City, is parched, but it was ...

The Treasury, believed to be a mausoleum, was carved by the Nabataean people around 2,000 years ago. Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans, who carved many elaborate structures out of rose ...

"People think they know Petra. They recognize the Treasury," said Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, an archaeologist involved in the dig. "But all these people walk by, and there’s so much more under ...