Map: Spring-water agriculture: Water procurement in the Negev Highlands: Agricultural expansion in the Byzantine period:

The undisturbed tombs contained both articulated and commingled skeletons, suggesting occasional reuse of the tombs. Many of these graves likewise held a substantial quantity of ceramic artifacts, wooden coffins and jewelry. The reported presence of many foreigners in Petra (see Strabo Geog. XVI.4.21, 26), however, could have resulted in the practice of non-local burial customs…

A Nabataean sanctuary was discovered, possibly devoted to the Sun God. It may be that Dûsharâ as sun-god was worshipped in the residential area of Hegra.

Offerings: Prayer: Feasts: Festivities Nabataean was organized twice a year in the first of the spring period and the second period in the fall, one of the most popular holidays in the cities of the Arabian Peninsula before Islam (Glueck 1965: 26).

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Nabataean tithes Nabataean inscriptions in Najran: Nabataean inscription dating back to 4 BC. It was found in Sidon, Lebanon. The inscription inaugurates the establishment of a council dedicated to the worship of the god Dhu Shura, in the presence of a Nabataean leader named Ibn Zuwail (Zuelos). It is possible that the council was also…

The Nabataean script was originally used primarily for writing a form of Aramaic — even though many people of the Nabataean Kingdom appear to have been Arabic speakers. Aramaic, however, had much fewer sounds than the Arabic script… The dental stops (ت د ط) were used to also represent the interdental fricatives (ث ذ ظ).…

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