Israel: The ruins of a church at the ruined city of Shivta in the Negev Desert along the old Incense Route. Photo by Ester Inbar (CC BY-SA LIcense). Shivta is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel, east of Nitzana. Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005. Long considered a classic Nabataean town on the ancient spice route, archaeologists are also considering the possibility that Shivta was a Byzantine agricultural colony and a way station for pilgrims en route to the Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai.

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