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Petra was the focus of an American PBS Nova special, "Petra: Lost City of Stone", [109] which premiered in the US and Europe in February 2015. Petra is central to Netflix's first Arabic original series Jinn, which is a young adult supernatural drama about the djinn in the ancient city of Petra. They must try and stop the demons from destroying ...
[4] [5] Songwriter Haim Hefer was himself a member of Palmach; he "created with his songs a soundtrack for the young state of Israel, 'the karaoke of the 1960s', a 'collective linguistic DNA'". [1] The song was very popular, it "glorified the danger of hikes to Petra"; to discourage the youth, David Ben-Gurion banned the song from the radio. [3]
Tawfiq Canaan recounts the following origin tale about the Bedul as narrated by the Liyathnah, the predominant tribe in the Petra region: [4] "When Moses and the children of Israel surrounded Petra, Moses declared war on the inhabitants because they refused to accept his religion. All were killed in battle except for twelve who hid themselves ...
The Israel Ministry of Tourism has issued a statement to The Independent about provisions for UK travellers to Israel: “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the events that have taken place in ...
As the international community watches on in horror, here we take a look at the UK’s current travel advice for Israel: Travel advice to Israel
Sela (Hebrew: סֶּלַע, Selaʿ, "rock"; Arabic: السلع, es-Sela‛; Greek: πέτρα, 'Petra'; Latin: petra) [1] is a geographical name encountered several times in the Hebrew Bible, and applicable to a variety of locations. [2] One site by this name is placed by the Second Book of Kings in Edom. [2]
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The Nabateans built Petra, [17] which stood halfway between the opening to the Gulf of Akaba and the Dead Sea at a point where the Incense Route from Arabia to Damascus was crossed by the overland route from Petra to Gaza. [18] This position gave the Nabateans a hold over the trade along the Incense Route. [18]