In this episode our hosts Houston and Oban examine the lost civilization of the Nabataeans. The people famed for their desert capital Petra, and in this discussion our hosts examine the city itself and the civilization that made it possible. Who were the Gods of the Nabataeans, what mysterious cults ruled this ancient land? How did they organize society, was this as the ancient writers say, a kingdom of equals? How did the Nabataeans build "the Dubai of the Classical World" from an inhospitable desert, and what did they leave behind after their fall?

All these questions and more are explored in this episode of The 1001 Arabian Knights!