Nabateans
The Nabateans were an Arab trading people who built caravan cities across the Negev, from the 4th century BCE until Rome absorbed their kingdom in 106 CE. The posts here cover the four main Negev sites (Ovdat, Mamshit, Shivta and Nitzana) and the incense route connecting Arabia to the Mediterranean.
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Shivta and Nitzana
Nabatean Cities in the Negev
A field-trip to two of the Nabatean cities of the Negev, Mamshit and Avdat, now a UNESCO world heritage site: the ingenious cisterns, the spice and wine trade, the assimilation into Roman and then Byzantine Christian culture.
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Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster
Having been on trips in Israel with seven different tour guides, Samuel stood above all the rest.
Seasoned Israel traveller
Samuel is one part walking encyclopedia, one part storyteller, one part stand-up comedian.
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