Wadi Musa is a town located in the Ma’an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative center of the Petra Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra. It hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists, and the important B’doul settlement of Umm Seyhoun, created after the community’s forced displacement in 1985, is approximately 2 kilometres from the town.
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Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev
The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta, along with associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the incense and spice route. Together they r…
