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 Moa'a  45 pictures
 1 minutes HQ video The site named today Mawit Awad is identified as the Nabatean site appearing on the Midba map by the name Moa. The site is located in the middle of the Arava, in the east boundary of the Negev's mountains. Moa'a  It was a main crossroads on the Nabatean Perfume Road, which stretched from Petra in the east, through the Negev's mountains and Avdat, and ended in the Ghaza port. The archeological excavations held in the site revealed a few structures, one of which was a square castle, and a larger building, which might have been used as a motel. A large amount of typical Nabatean earthenware, and coins issued by the Nabatean kings, reflects the identitiy of those who lived in the place. They also reflect the long time of use- starting in the second and third centuries B. C. The use reached its zenith in the days of the great Nabatean king Hartat Hath (at the beginning of the first century A. D.), and ended in the third century A. D. That is, even after the Romans annexed the Nabatean kingdom and conquered the Road of Perfumes, the place was still active.     Back to Israel Index
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