EditorialAltar of Dmeir. Upper part: eight heads. Lower part: two rams' heads and sacrificial knives encircled by a garland (94 CE), from Dmeir near Damas, Egypt. Nabatean inscription. Limestone, 116 x 42 cm. Ao 3025.
EditorialRock in the Wadi Mukatib (Wadi of the Writings) with Nabatean (2nd BCE) inscriptions. Here the first Proto-Sinaitic inscription was found. (Wadi = trade route) The Israelites passed here during exodus on the way to Mount Sinai.