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

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

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 ...

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, ...

The book also doubles as a path, albeit an unusual one, into the complex and tortured history of this region: it’s the story of “Jews and Arabs but also Moabites, Nabataeans, Greeks ...