by Brock Meier | Nov 18, 2025 | Other
They used sealing wax, right? Having produced a facsimile of an ancient Nabataean legal text in scroll form, I thought I would dig deeper. Most legal proceedings of that day (the first century AD or so) were produced in a “sealed,” double-document format. Like most...
by Brock Meier | Oct 26, 2025 | Other
Lifetime Journey to Petra Jim and Sandy, longtime friends of the author, and enthusiastic readers of Brock Meier’s The Stone Cutter, recently made their way to Petra/Raqmu in Jordan. They had an incredible time experiencing the ancient city, and encourage...
by Brock Meier | Oct 20, 2025 | Creativity, history, Nabataea, Other
Another Nabataean Artifact Holding in my hand an authentic Nabataean bronze coin, and admiring my faithful replica of an item of Nabataean jewelry, I looked forward to my next project. I determined to produce a copy of an extant ancient scroll, a legal document once...
by Brock Meier | Oct 13, 2025 | Arts, Creativity, history, Nabataea, Other
A Copper Bracelet As mentioned in a previous article, I determined to craft two different replicas of Nabataean material culture, each of which is not available on the open market. The first thing I tackled was the subject of jewelry. There have been astounding finds...
by Brock Meier | Oct 3, 2025 | history, Nabataea
A Material Culture I’ve had a fascination with the material culture of the Nabataeans ever since I began researching them for my novel The Stone Cutter. In the last few decades, a wealth of physical evidence has been uncovered by archaeologists as they sift...