so, the nabateans survived and thrived, why? nabateans survived and thrived, why? nabateans survived and thrived, why? nabateans means in arabic, which means they were discovering the water. they had a very smart way to discover the water. one of those ways, you can see how they carved from the top of that mountain so when it's raining, the water gets down to that row stop through these channels, and to that? yes. so it literally cascades into there? archaeologists have so far found 150 wells like this in this area. well, it is quite big. but really, it is the terms that have the well factor. very cool down here. this inscription says this tomb belonged to the leader and his wife. in contrast to jordan's petra, to the leader and his wife. in contrast tojordan's petra, the wonder of these terms lies in the information that researchers have gathered from the text on these stone inscriptions. the occupations, they had a teacher, they had a doctor, that gives a real example of our civilisation. they live a normal life is with live day—to—day. they carved from the top t

0k, do you know what it means, nabatean?bateans‘ means in arabic, a verb which means in english discovering the water. so they had a very smart way to discover the water. one of those ways, you can see how they carved from the top of that mountain to that row? so when it's raining, the water gets down to that row. through those channels... yes. ..and to that? yes. that's incredible. so it literally cascades into there? yeah, and this, yeah. archaeologists have so far found 150 wells like this in this area. wow, it's quite big! but really, it's the tombs that have the wow factor. it's certainly very cool down here. this inscription says this tomb belonged to the leader and his wife. in contrast to jordan's petra, the wonder of these tombs lies in the information that researchers have gathered from the text on these stone inscriptions. they mentioned the occupations, so they had a teacher, they had a doctor, so that gives a real example about the civilisation. they lived a normal life, as we live today. they carved from the to

so, the nabateans — they survived, they thrived actually, why? do you know what it means, nabatean?s in arabic, a verb which means in english they were discovering the water. so they had a very smart way to discover the water. one of those ways, you can see how they carved from the top of that mountain to that well so when it's raining, the water gets down to that well. through those channels... yes. ..and to that? yes. that's incredible. so it literally cascades into there? yeah, and this. archaeologists have so far found 150 wells like this in this area. wow, it is quite big. but really, it's the tombs that have the wow factor. it's certainly very cool down here. this inscription says this tomb belonged to the leader and his wife. in contrast to jordan's petra, the wonder of these tombs lies in the information that researchers have gathered from the text on these stone inscriptions. the occupations, they had a teacher, they had a doctor, so that gives a real example of our civilisation. they live a normal life as we live today. they carved from the top to the bottom. you can see t

do you know what it means, nabatean? no.f that mountain to that row, so when it's raining, the water gets down to that row. through those channels... yes. ..and in to that? yes. that's incredible. so it literally cascades into there? yeah, in this, yeah. archaeologists have so far found 150 wells like this in this area. wow, it is quite big. but really, it's the tombs that have the wow factor. it's certainly very cool down here. this inscription says this tomb belonged to the leader and his wife. in contrast to jordan's petra, the wonder of these tombs lies in the information that researchers have gathered from the text on these stone inscriptions. the information, the occupations... so, they had a teacher, they had a doctor, so that gives a real example about this civilisation. they lived a normal life as we live today. they carved from the top to the bottom. you can see the decoration here so they have steps also. nabateans believed when they passed away they get back to their god, so they have five steps on the right and

so, the nabateans — they survived, they thrived actually, why? do you know what it means, nabatean?ion. they live a normal life as we live today. they carved from the top to the bottom. you can see the decoration here so they have steps also. nabateans believed when they passed away they get back to their god. so they have five steps on the right and on the left. i remember when i was a child, we came here with the family and we see these tombs. at that time, there wasn‘t any information about it. so we used the tomb for playing hide and seek. what does it mean to you, the nabatean culture? ok, it means to me that my city has a lot of history, if you compare yourself with other countries where they are really proud with their civilisation. so we believe al ula deserves to present and offer this for people. for the longest time, the area had been largely closed off to archaeologists due to politics, religion and its remoteness. to go into an archaeological world that‘s never really been examined or touched before, to me isjust a remarkable opportunity. and ifeel genuinely excited eve