“The breakthrough could not only reveal the secrets of The Treasury above, it could also offer an extraordinary glimpse into ...

Learn why the remains discovered at a chamber called the Treasury confirm that Petra had an ancient tomb.

"The breakthrough could not only reveal the secrets of The Treasury above, it could also offer an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of the early Nabataeans who built Petra.” The Treasury is ...

It was built as a mausoleum and crypt for the Nabatean king Aretas IV (9 BC - AD 40) at Petra in Jordan. The capital of the ...

Discovery, Petra, Jordan's iconic Khaznah or Treasury building resides magnificently at the center of the desert canyon city built by the Nabataean Kingdom, around 2000 years ago. Petra itself ...

by which time they had become a full-fledged society and Petra had been built. Those recordings that do exist suggest that the Nabataeans were a notably egalitarian society, a theory that has been ...