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Petra and the Nabataeans (History Hit)

Television documentary episode, History Hit, presenter Tristan Hughes

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A History Hit television documentary episode in which presenter Tristan Hughes travels to Petra and climbs to its mountaintop High Place of Sacrifice, a site with its own sacrificial altar once used to honour the Nabataeans' own gods. The producing platform's own page describes the gods of Petra as having "lived in the skies," touching Nabataean religious practice through the site itself rather than through a dedicated treatment of the religion or a named deity.

Facts
Subject Matter
Religious Subject Matter
Nabataean religion at Petra's High Place of Sacrifice: the platform's own page names the Nabataeans' own gods and their sacrificial altar without naming a specific deity or devoting a full sentence to the religion as such. 1
Production
Country of Origin
Petra, Jordan 1
Format
Television Documentary 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Nabataeans, Cultures

This source names Nabataeans directly: "altar once used to honour the Nabataeans' own gods."

Petra, Sacred Sites

This source names Petra directly: "presenter Tristan Hughes travels to Petra and climbs to its mountaintop High Place of Sacrifice, a site with its own sacrificial altar once used to honour the Nabataeans' own gods."

Belongs to Tradition

Nabataean Religion, Religions

History Hit's own episode page names the Nabataeans' own gods and their sacrificial High Place at Petra, without a full sentence on Nabataean religion as such or a named deity, making this the first screen work the atlas holds for the tradition, recorded as associated rather than holds.

Sources
1. History Hit's Own Episode Page for Petra and the Nabataeans
History Hitaccess.historyhit.com/videos/petra-and-the-nebateansView the Source
The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus
John F. Healey, Brill, 2001Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans, on Nabataean sacred sites and deitiesView the Source
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