Archaeologists have discovered ancient altars and inscribed marble slabs submerged along the Italian coast near Naples. The finds are likely the remains of a 2,000-year-old temple built by immigrants ...

The story of the Nabataeans is a fascinating, and integral, part of the Petra story. At its height - in the century or so prior to and after the birth of Christ - the Nabataean empire included parts ...

At the heart of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, carved into pink sandstone cliffs, lies an elaborate monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury. And buried beneath that edifice, archaeologists ...

The February 10 Noontime Series lecture at Calvin College will be on the ancient city of Petra. In an illustrated talk titled "Petra: A Rose Red City Half as Old as Time," local archaeologist and ...

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful ancient kingdom of the Nabataeans hand-carved a city into the sandstone cliffs of Petra, Jordan. At its center: an imposing, 12-column structure that has since ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Arab people built a Christian ...

The waters of the Bay of Naples may seem a far cry from the deserts of modern Jordan and Saudi Arabia, home of the ancient Nabataeans, a Semitic-speaking people who established a powerful kingdom in ...

Petra is one of the oldest cities in the world, and has attracted over a million visitors in recent years. Carved into ...

The Nabataeans in historical context / Glen W. Bowersock -- The origins and emergence of the Nabataeans / Peter J. Parr -- Languages, scripts, and the uses of writing among the Nabataeans / M.C.A.

At the heart of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, carved into pink sandstone cliffs, lies an elaborate monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury.And buried beneath that edifice, archaeologists ...