ved out of the sandstone cliffs by the Nabateans, a pre-Roman group of Arabs who contolled the frankincense trade. It remained hidden for 100s of years until a Swiss explorer named Burckhardt, disquised as an arab, accidently discovered it in 1812. He was also the explorer who discovered Abu Simbel, the Egyptian temple that I hope to visit on Feb 21.
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