at the American Museum of Natural History, October 2003–July 2004

This exhibition on the ancient city of Petra showcases the technological and artistic virtuosity that enables the Nabateans to build a thriving metropolis in an unforgiving geographical setting. It featured approximately 200 artifacts, including stone sculptures and reliefs, ceramics, metalwork, stucco work, ancient inscriptions and a selection of more than two dozen 19th-century paintings, drawings, and prints.