Robert, who inspired the lightning visitCamels are always a danger to cars and the other way aroundTaking a break after six hours of drivingOur official guide, AhmedHeading towards the tombsThe beautiful desert Gaff treeTombsThe interplay between geometrical carvings and natural rock is mesmerising.There are 175 tombs and city to unearthSome plants can withstand desert conditionsSome of the tombs were in better conditionThe Nabateans carved symbols of their gods above the tombsA winged god of the airNabatean script was subject to many influencesThe superfine desert sandJohn wouldn’t have fitIt is an odd feeling being inside a tombIt was an uncomfortable feeling and there was a smell of resinAll 175 tombs were hand carvedThe scale of the tombs was impressiveThe earliest tombs took advantage of natural holes in the rock formed by erosionThere were so many forms hidden in the rockSomething in the landscape imprints itself on visitorsThe prophet Saleh is supposed to have made a living camel emerge from the rock.The magnificence of the landscapeStrange flowing forms in gold