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 ...

With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's Petra facades, Hegra is a history-rich highlight in newly ...

Royal Jordanian will offer flights on Sundays and Thursdays, connecting Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport with AlUla ...

The Nabataeans held off numerous Seleucid attacks, even inflicting considerable damage on their assailants: In 84 B.C., the Seleucid king Antiochus XII Dionysus died during one such battle.

Inhabited as early as 7000 BC, the city reached its zenith only when the Nabataeans arrived around the 4th century BC. At its peak, Petra served as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov explained.

For the first time in decades, the critically endangered Arabian Leopard will return to AlUla at the new the Arabian Leopard ...

From the ancient trade routes of the Nabataeans to Roman roads and early Islamic cities, the country, alongside the whole Levantine region, has served as a bridge for civilisations, linking Asia, ...