Recently, Israeli experts have been seeking to tap the genius of the Nabataeans, who also cultivated crops in the Negeb, where rainfall rarely exceeds four inches a year [100 mm].
Hiljuti käisid Iisraeli eksperdid õppimas nabatealastelt, kes kasvatasid vilja ka Negevi kõrbes, kus sademete hulk aastas ületab harva 100 mm.