"they live ( the Nabataeans ) in the open, calling home a barren desert inhabitants, which has neither the river, or fountains, in order to benefit a foreign army. [...] All are very freedom-loving, and when no large enemy army approaches the country they fled deep into the desert, serving it to them as fortitude: For he to the lack of water prevents completely different access and passage, and to them only serves as a refuge, sannosi as do some wells to procure. And here in this proceeding. As the clay soil, and having a very soft stone, they will dig large pits with some narrow and wide mouths fund [...]. After then, those who were Let them be filled with rainwater, or close the mouth and appianatavi above the earth, you leave a signal that they know about but not by conoscerebbesi No more other "(Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library , Volume sixth)
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