Petra served as the capital of the Nabataean people for hundreds of years before the Romans annexed the kingdom around A.D. 106. The ancient trade center once housed tens of thousands of people.

It was labeled as Nabataean — a nomadic Arab tribe from ... direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire,” Dolganov remarked. Study author Avner Ecker of Hebrew ...

Initially misclassified as Nabataean, the papyrus remained unnoticed ... insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire," says Dr. Dolganov. Dr. Ecker adds, "This is the best ...