by Brock Meier | Oct 19, 2023 | Books, Nabataea
Interviews with people who don’t exist You might ask yourself—”How in the world can one interview an imaginary person?” The phrase “…IN THE WORLD…” provides the key. If you’re referring to the external, physically...
by Brock Meier | Oct 5, 2023 | Arts, history, Nabataea
Inscribed in stone The Nabataeans are famously known today for their carved-stone memorial tombs in the ancient city of Petra, or as they named it—Raqmu. Each year, around a million people travel to Raqmu/Petra (named as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World), to...
by Brock Meier | May 9, 2023 | history, Nabataea, News
Loving Petra to death When will Petra disappear? In 1000 years? Or maybe 10? Nearly a million tourists a year—two million hands and two million feet—roam over one of the New Seven Wonders of the World—and World Heritage Site—the ancient city of Petra. They come...
by Brock Meier | Jan 21, 2023 | history, Nabataea, Writing
Allure of the Short Story I haven’t written a short story in quite some time. My last efforts toward such resulted in the collection I am tentatively calling “She Knew She Could Fly” (perhaps to be published down the road). I intended to intertwine a dozen (or more as...
by Brock Meier | Jan 3, 2023 | Nabataea
The Nabataean Kingdom was an enigmatic island of first-century luxury, surrounded by a sea of arid dunes. After generations of scraping a life out of the trackless desert, they finally found their stride among the world’s trading nations and amassed untold...
