Three centuries until they were swallowed up by the roman empire. Now all that s left are the enigmatic remains of their great desert cities of petra and hegra, in modernday jordan and saudi arabia. And this is where i have come to explore, to find out how they survived and thrived here, who they were, and even what they looked like. I want to search for clues about their world. I ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. Oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. Wait till you see this. I m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. They did not use slave. It s a respectful job. The secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. And i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. This is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. Join m
what they looked like. i want to search for clues about their world. i ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. wait till you see this. i m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. they did not use slave. it s a respectful job. the secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. and i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. this is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. join me as i uncover the secrets of the nabataeans. the nabataeans forged a successful empire around 300 bce. that s towards the end of the civilisation of the far better known ancient egyptians. they were nomads and traders who took control of the lucrative incense route all the way from modern day yemen, t
diaz-balart. good evening, we begin tonight with a hurricane barrelling toward the united states that in itself is a major headline, but what makes this storm so historic and so dangerous is where it s heading. straight for southern california it is likely to weaken to a tropical storm before it hits, something that hasn t happened there since before world war ii. right now, hurricane hilary is battering mexico hitting resort towns like cabo san lucas, and cities like tijuana where so many migrants are currently staying. nearly 30 million people across six states are bracing for potentially devastating flooding here s why the storm could bring a year s worth of rain in just 48 hours and the dry, desert lands across the southwest won t be able to absorb it all. officials are already warning some residents to prepare to evacuate priscilla thompson begins our coverage tonight from palm springs, california. reporter: tonight, hurricane hilary bearing down, slamming
if al qaeda, as is widely known, is the predominant jihadist organization in idlib, is still in control of that province which i am not under any, you know, indication that it s not it s very strange that baghdadi would go to that area of northwestern syria. again, the area that isis has thrived in has been jazeera, which is the eastern, mostly central and southeastern syria. this is the area that is the gateway, the border lands between syria and iraq. remember, isis it came into its own in iraq. it was known as al qaeda in iraq as richard pointed out. but when it was strategically defeated in the period of about 2010 to 2011, it repaired into syria. this is where it s basically set up shop. vis-a-vis, the desert lands, the areas that are difficult for any kind of government or regime to