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The Capital of the Nabataeans

Excavations at ancient Petra in the Middle East indicate something of the process by which a nomadic Arabian tribe became settled and Hellenized over a period of centuries

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 209 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Capital of the Nabataeans” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 209 No. 4 (), p. 94
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1063-94