This is a guide to the best preserved ruins and monuments of Petra and the desert cities of the Negev, giving a description of the Nabatean's art, history, religion and the desert agriculture in which they were so skilled. The author weaves a picture of a wealthy and largely peace-loving people who cultivated the desert and traded in spices and frankincense from Saba, Persia and India to the Mediterranean. They were among the first Christian converts who built some of the earliest churches in the Negev. The book also provides many practical hints for visitors.




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