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    al-nabatiyyah) refers to the building traditions of the Nabateans (/ˌnæbəˈtiːənz/; Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū; Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبَاط al-ʾAnbāṭ; compare Akkadian:...
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    Petra (category Nabataean architecture)
    Raqmu (Nabataean: 𐢛𐢚𐢒‎ or 𐢛𐢚𐢓𐢈‎, *Raqēmō), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water...
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    Ed-Deir, Petra (category Nabataean architecture)
    Nabataean architecture. Its blending of architectural styles is a hallmark of the dynamic and hybridised nature of Petra as a whole. Architecturally,...
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    Great Temple (Petra) (category Nabataean architecture)
    the early first century AD, under the rule of Nabataean king Aretas IV, as suggested by architectural and sculptural details. The "Great Temple" occupied...
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  • Petra Theater (category Nabataean architecture)
    Petra Theater (Arabic: مسرح البتراء) is a first century AD Nabataean theatre situated 600 m from the centre of Petra. Substantial part of the theater...
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    Little Petra (category Nabataean architecture)
    of Wadi Musa in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan. Like Petra, it is a Nabataean site, with buildings carved into the walls of the sandstone canyons. As...
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    The Nabataeans or Nabateans (/ˌnæbəˈtiːənz/; Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈‎, NBṬW, vocalized as Nabāṭū) were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern...
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    The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ˌnæbəˈtiːə/), was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical...
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    Al-Khazneh (category Nabataean architecture)
    December 2009. Its elaborately carved facade is alive with a cast of Nabataean deities and mythological characters ... All are funerary symbols. V. Fassina...
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    Greco-Roman world, as well as contributions to sculpture and Nabataean architecture. Nabataean art is most well known for the archaeological sites in Petra...
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    Avdat (category Nabataean architecture)
    the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine settlement of Oboda (tabula Peutingeriana; Stephanus...
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    Arabs (section Architecture)
    examples of architecture include those of pre-Islamic Arabia, as well as Nabataean architecture that developed in the ancient kingdom of the Nabataeans, a nomadic...
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    Hegra (Mada'in Salih) (category Nabataean architecture)
    the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia. A majority of the remains date from the Nabataean Kingdom (1st century AD). The site constituted the kingdom's southernmost...
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    appear in earlier Nabataean architecture, and indicate a continuity in masonry practices. The architecture of the Church includes Nabataean rock-chiseled...
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  • The Nabataean religion was a form of Arab polytheism practiced in Nabataea, an ancient Arab nation which was well settled by the third century BCE and...
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    Qasr al-Bint (category Nabataean architecture)
    The Qasr al-Bint is a religious temple in the Nabataean city of Petra.  It faces the Wadi Musa and is located to the northwest of the Great Temple and...
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    Temple of the Winged Lions (category Nabataean architecture)
    Analyses of the architecture, goods, and practices associated with the Temple of the Winged Lions afford valuable insights into Nabataean religion, economy...
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    Bosra (category Nabataean architecture)
    political and architectural activity in Bosra began during the reign of Ayyubid sultan al-Adil I (1196–1218). One of the first architectural developments...
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    Khirbet et-Tannur (category Nabataean architecture)
    Khirbet et-Tannur (Arabic: خربة التنور) is an ancient Nabataean temple situated on top of Mount Tannur, in today's Jordan. Whom the temple was dedicated...
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    Shivta (category Nabataean architecture)
    Sobata was mentioned in the Nessana papyri. Long considered a classical Nabataean town on the ancient spice route, archaeologists are now considering the...
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    Elusa (Haluza) (category Nabataean architecture)
    Negev near present-day Kibbutz Mash'abei Sadeh that was once part of the Nabataean Incense Route. It lay on the route from Petra to Gaza. Today it is known...
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    9 BCE. Werner Cascel consider the Nabataean annexation of Lihyan was around 24 BCE under the reign of the Nabataeans king Aretas IV. The Thamud (Arabic:...
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    Metzad Mahmal (category Nabataean architecture)
    688; 34.9286 Type Settlement History Founded 1st century AD Cultures Nabataean, Roman Site notes Condition In ruins UNESCO World Heritage Site Official...
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    Mampsis (category Nabataean architecture)
    Negev Desert. The once-luxurious houses feature unusual architecture not found in any other Nabataean city. The reconstructed city gives the visitor a sense...
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    Mary-Joseph Steve has argued that the architecture of the tombs is more reminiscent of Nabataean architecture at Petra than anything Palmyrene. Another...
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    how the evolution of Nabataean forms has transformed from the elaborate to the simple. Vernacular architecture is an architectural style that is characterised...
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  • Rehovot-in-the-Negev (category Nabataean architecture)
    Settlement History Founded 1st century Abandoned 7th century Cultures Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine Site notes Archaeologists Yoram Tsafrir Condition In...
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  • of mountains in Saudi Arabia List of Ultras of West Asia Nabataeans, Nabataean architecture "Arabian peninsula and Middle East" Peaklist.org. Retrieved...
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    The Palace Tomb is a Nabataean tomb in the Petra Archaeological Park. It is situated among the Royal Tombs, a line of prominent monumental facades on...
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    complete. Other major examples of rock-cut architecture in India are at Ajanta and Pataleshwar. Artisans in the Nabataean city of Petra, in modern Jordan, extended...
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