{"id":820,"date":"2021-05-17T05:37:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T05:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritageexpo\/?page_id=820"},"modified":"2021-05-21T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:59:34","slug":"the-nabataean-period-emergence-and-grow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stage.openvirtualworlds.org\/worldheritageexpo\/the-nabataean-period-emergence-and-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nabataean Period \u2013 Emergence and Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“General view<\/a>” by Leon petrosyan<\/a> is licensed under Creative Commons<\/a> Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Nabataeans were one among several nomadic Bedouin tribes that roamed the Arabian Desert and moved with their herds to wherever they could find pasture and water. Although the Nabataeans were initially embedded in Aramaic culture, theories about them having Aramean roots are rejected by many modern scholars. Instead, archaeological, religious and linguistic evidence confirm that they are a northern Arabian tribe. Current evidence suggests that the Nabataean name for Petra was Raq\u0113m\u014d, variously spelled in inscriptions as rqmw<\/em> or rqm<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Petra as “Rekem”<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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According to historian Josephus, the region was inhabited by the Midianites during the time of Moses, and that they were ruled by five kings, one of whom was Rekem. Josephus mentions that the city, called Petra by the Greeks, “ranks highest in the land of the Arabs” and was still called Rekeme<\/strong> by all the Arabs of his time, after its royal founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name ‘Rekem’ (rqm<\/em>) was inscribed in the rock wall of the Wadi Musa opposite the entrance to the Siq. However, Jordan built a bridge over the wadi and this inscription was buried beneath tons of concrete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Viewing the Siq in 3D model<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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