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all sport voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. im alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. ive cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now im on the trail of a mysterious and forgotten arabian civilisation — the nabataeans. are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? i think i would say that, yes. they were nomads who forged a rich civilisation here in the harsh desert condit...

So that involves walking about 2,000km, which is the distance from here to athens. you know, i want to have a go. absolutely. i know i want you to have a go because im tired. 0k! so much like a lawnmower. ijust want you to push it at whatever pace you want to go. just like mowing a lawn. and just dead straight if i can. now, of course, its very bumpy. do what you can to keep it straight. so now were collecting data, and what were doing is essentially like taking a knife and cutting through the g...