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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. i'm alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. i've cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now i'm 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 conditions of western arabia from the fourth century bce. they ruled for around three centuries until t...

Of the nabataea ns. on the site of the lost second city of hegra, french archaeologist katia schaller has brought me to a viewpoint to explain what we can deduce from this choice of location. this place has the best view of the entire city, but it's also overlooking the trade routes, right? from here you would have seen the caravans full of spices and frankincense, but you also had a very good view of the jabal ithlib. this is where all the religious activities are happening. and you can see here too, like, the deep relationship between the city and the oasis. the city is strategically set rig...

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